Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16206 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sabrul Khatoon 2. Md. Wali Mian .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2012 Petitioners being parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of torture. The anticipatory bail application of the petitioners was rejected in 2004 when the complainant died in 2007. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that in place of complainant the father of the complainant has been substituted and he entered into a compromise with the petitioners in 2010 and husband has been granted bail by learned Court below. That can form a good ground for grant of regular bail. Let learned Court below consider regular bail of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender within a period of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16206 of 2012 (2) dt.04-05-2012 2 / 2 2 six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 1582 of 2003, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M.(East), Muzaffarpur. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioners. Shageer/- (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.