Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17825 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Chanda Devi 2. Lakho Devi 3. Mohan Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 14-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the brother’s wife and parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that when the complainant found her husband in objectionable condition with petitioner no. 1 she made objection when she was being assaulted and her pregnancy got terminated. This Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner no. 1 Chanda Devi. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17825 of 2012 (2) dt.14-05-2012 2/2 petitioner no. 1 without being prejudiced by the order of this Court keeping in view of the fact that petitioner no. 1 is a lady. Considering the fact that specific accusation is against petitioner no. 1 and the husband of the complainant, let the above named petitioner no. 2 and 3 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Supaul in connection with Complaint Case No. 272(C) of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.