Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5083 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5083 of 2012 ====================================================== Veena Devi & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Promod Kumar, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 22-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the wife of brother and sister of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that during investigation accusation was found false and final form was submitted but differing with the same cognizance has been taken which was challenged before this Court in which the stay was operating. Considering the fact that accusation was found false during investigation, let the petitioners, Veena Devi and Neelam Kumari, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5083 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 twelve weeks from today in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 114 of 2006 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 C.J.M. Nalanda at Bihar Sharif, 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.