Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22779 of 2012 (4) dt.03-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22779 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shanti Devi, 2. Most. Mina Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 03-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being mother and sister of the husband of the victim are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after twenty five years of the marriage by causing burn injury. It is submitted that none have seen the petitioners causing burn injury when the victim was given medical assistance. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22779 of 2012 (4) dt.03-10-2012 satisfaction of learned CJM, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 39 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498A

Statute Text:
Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Punishment for subjecting a married woman to Cruelty. Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.