Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20942 of 2012 (2) dt.26-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20942 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Gulbahar Ansari, 2. Alam Ansari, 3. Aftab Ansari, 4. Tusi Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being father, brother, brother in law and sister of the husband of the victim are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged by the mother of the victim that their inlaws’ family disappeared the daughter of the informant for non- fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the husband of the victim has been chargesheeted under [STATUTE] . Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the victim, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20942 of 2012 (2) dt.26-06-2012 learned court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 215 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.