Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8864 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Prasad Srivastava & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Parties. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents, brother and brother’s wife of the husband are apprehending their arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of the D. P. Act. The accusations are of torture for non- fulfillment of dowry demand and performing second marriage by the husband. It is submitted that the complainant herself admitted that she used to reside with the husband at Delhi. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, let the petitioners, Ram Chandra Prasad Srivastava, Fulsundari Devi @ Khubsurti Devi, Arun Srivastava Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8864 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 and Hemlata Devi @ Hemlata Sinha, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 113 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Madhepura, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.