Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18206 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kapildeo Singh 2. Ramsumari Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 16-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The bail application with regard to petitioner no. 1 has already been withdrawn. The petitioner no. 2 being the mother of the husband of the deceased is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after six years of the marriage for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand. Considering the that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the deceased, who as per learned counsel for the petitioner is in custody, let the above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18206 of 2012 (3) dt.16-05-2012 2/2 named petitioner no. 2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Kashichak (Shahpur) P.S. Case No. 69 of 2011, 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.