Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.196 of 2012 1. Jagdish Prasad, son of late Ram Chandra Prasad, 2. Lakho Devi, wife of Jagdish Prasad, resident of village – Hanumanganj, P.S. Mairwa, District - Siwan Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 4.1.2012 Heard learned counsel for petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with a case in which cognizance has been taken of the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively of the complainant. It is contended that there is no truth behind the allegation of subjecting the complainant to cruelty for non- fulfillment of dowry demand. To the contrary, the fact of the matter is that the complainant and her husband could not reconcile and live together after marriage and the husband has already filed a Divorce Case being Divorce Case no. 2 of 2011, which is pending before the Family Court, Siwan. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/ communication of the order, let petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) each with two 2 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Siwan in Complaint Case no. 278 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Anil/ ( Ashwani 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.