Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27283 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bishwakarma Mahto 2. Rikhi Mahto. 3. Sarswati Devi. 4. Balkesha Devi. 5. Surendra Kumar. 6. Ramadhar Mahto. 7. Harendra Prasad. 8. Madhuri Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 1303 of 2000 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. The accusation is of not performing marriage for taking certain amount as dowry. The earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioners was permitted to be withdrawn vide Cr. Misc. No. 26844 of 2001 on the ground that in the quashing application, the stay was operating, subsequently, the said quashing application has been dismissed. This Court is not inclined to take a different view in this Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27283 of 2012 (2) dt.03-08-2012 2/2 matter. It view of this Court, it is fit case for consideration of regular bail. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 509

Statute Text:
Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code. Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc. Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and also with fine.