Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43954 of 2012 (2) dt.19-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43954 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Vishwanath Singh 2. Preman Devi 3. Ranjit Singh 4. Sri Kant Singh 5. Sunita Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 19-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents, brothers and brother’s wife of the husband of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. Considering the thrust of accusation is against the husband of the informant, let the above named petitioners 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43954 of 2012 (2) dt.19-12-2012 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Aurangabad in connection with Mali P.S. Case No. 38 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.