Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1439 of 2012 Geeta Devi Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 17.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the mother of the husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of administering poison to the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the marriage was performed seven years prior to the alleged occurrence and there is no accusation of demand of dowry, hence case under [STATUTE] is not made out and the husband is in custody. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of ACJM, Hilsa (Nalanda) in Ekangar Sarai P.S. Case no. 90 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/ (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.