Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21908 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Avinash Yadav 2. Ashok Yadav 3. Kabutri Devi 4. Sakuntala Devi 5. Jathi Devi 6. Mother-in-law of informant, Shanti Devi 7. Pinki Devi @ Munni Devi 8. Mahavir Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-07-2012 Petitioner No. 1 being husband and petitioner Nos. 2 to 8 being family members of the husband of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and under Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioner No. 1, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21908 of 2012 (3) dt.19-07-2012 2 / 2 2 arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 51 of 2012. The bail bond of the petitioner No.1, being husband, namely Avinash Yadav will be accepted provisionally for a period of one year. Let learned Court below issue notice to the informant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance of the informant, the petitioner No. 1 will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner No. 1 will be confirmed by the learned Court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year, or if the informant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner No. 1. 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.