Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28558 of 2012 ====================================================== Hira Lal Sahu & Oth. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Petitioner No.1 being husband and petitioner Nos. 2 to 4 being family members of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that daughter of the informant was married thirteen years prior to the occurrence with petitioner No. 1 when the husband has some illicit relationship with the wife of one of his relative Paras Sahu when the victim was killed and dead body was disposed off. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that as per the complaint petition, the complainant came to know about the occurrence on 16.07.2010 when the complaint was filed on 04.08.2010 which came to be registered as police case on 06.07.2011. It is further submitted that informant has subsequently retracted from initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before learned Court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the husband being petitioner No. 1 namely Hira Lal Sahu. Let learned Court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28558 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 consider regular bail of petitioner No. 1 keeping in view of the delayed lodging of the complaint and the retracted version of the informant, if the petitioner No. 1 surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 113 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar. With the observations above, the application with regard to petitioner No. 1 stands disposed off. So far as petitioner Nos. 2 to 4 are concerned, considering the delayed filing of the complaint and the retracted version of the informant, let the petitioner Nos. 2 to 4 namely 2. Vijay Sahu 3. Sushila Devi 4. Vimla Devi, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Simri P.S. Case No. 113 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.