Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12571 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanju Devi & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-04-2012 Petitioners being mother and unmarried sister of the husband of the deceased are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant, after four years of the marriage by burning the deceased, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that during investigation, accusation has been was found false and final form was submitted, but differing with the same, cognizance has been taken. Considering the fact that during investigation accusation was found false by the police, let the petitioners namely 1. Sanju Devi 2. Sonam Kumari, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12571 of 2012 (2) dt.11-04-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in connection with Pandarak P.S. Case No. 46 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.