Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17923 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramakant Tiwary & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 14-05-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband, let the petitioners namely 1. Ramakant Tiwary 2. Sugandhi 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 S.D.J.M., Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 1212 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.