Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30897 of 2012 ====================================================== Veena Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the second wife of the husband of the complainant is apprehending her arrest in a complaint case filed for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was married about 20 years prior to the lodging of the present case without the knowledge of the first marriage. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the complainant, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30897 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2/2 below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Jehanabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 399 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.