Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2270 of 2012 (2) dt.24-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2270 of 2012 ====================================================== Renu Devi & Ors. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party, ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 24-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being elder brother of husband and wife of brother of husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that informant gave birth of a male child which was subsequently been killed by in-laws family. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the victim gave a dead male child and on suspicion the accusation has been made. From the F.I.R. itself, it appears that the informant on receiving information from the mother-in-law that she gave a dead male child got suspicion and has lodged a case. It is further submitted that the petitioners are separate from Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2270 of 2012 (2) dt.24-01-2012 the husband’s family. Considering the suspicious nature of accusation, let the petitioners, Renu Devi, Ramrati Devi @ Ramwati Devi @ Ramwati Mandal, Ramrit Mandal and Ram Sevak Kumar Mandal @ Ram Sevak Mandal, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Marouna P.S. Case No. 33/10, G.R. No. 819/10 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 C.J.M. Supaul, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.