Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4952 of 2012 (2) dt.21-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4952 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Tileshwari Devi W/O Balkeshwar Prajapat Resident Of Village Magrama, P.S. Guraru, District Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the mother of the husband is languishing in custody since 28.8.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim within two years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. Considering the thrust of the allegation against the husband, let the petitioner, namely, Tileshwari Devi be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Guraru P.S. case No. 44 of 2011. Arun Kumar/- (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.