Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28564 of 2012 ====================================================== Lalita Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Petitioner being mother of the husband of the victim is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant, after four years of marriage, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim died due to the illness. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the victim, let the petitioner namely Lalita Devi, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28564 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Kauwakol P.S. Case No. 005 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.