Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25418 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25418 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Kishun Choudhary & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-07-2012 Petitioners being parents of the husband of the are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are separate from the husband of the complainant who resides in Kerla. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the petitioners namely 1. Ram Kishun Chaudhary 2. Lalmuni 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 Sub- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25418 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 754 of 2009. 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.