Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42103 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunita Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-11-2012 The petitioner being the mother of the husband of the victim has renewed her prayer for anticipatory bail in Sadar P.S. Case No. 263 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. Considering the specific accusation against the petitioner, her anticipatory bail application was rejected on 01.02.2012 vide Cr. Misc. No. 3249 of 2012. This Court is not inclined to revise the earlier order. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if she surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is an old lady. Accordingly, the present application is disposed off with the above observations. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42103 of 2012 (2) dt.07-11-2012 2/2 Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.