Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1540 of 2012 Basanti Devi & Bameshwar Ram Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 11.01.2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with a case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioners happened to be the mother- in-law and father-in-law respectively. It is contended that they have falsely been implicated in this case. The case basically is of a matrimonial discord between the husband and wife and they have been dragged in the present case simply because they are relatives. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, namely, Basanti Devi and Bameshwar Ram in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of 2 Rs.5,000/-(five thousand)each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Smt. Niharika, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No.07 of 2010/Trial No.1413 of 2010, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2)of the Cr.P.C. B.Kr. ( Ashwani 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.