Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11648 of 2012 (3) dt.27-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11648 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramawati Devi W/O Feku Parit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 27-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being mother-in-law of the deceased is languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act but after death of the informant the case was converted under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the post-mortem report of the deceased reveals that there was 99 per cent burn injury on her person. So, the aforesaid burn injury suggests that she was not in a position to speak anything. It is further contended by him that after the death of the deceased, police managed and manufactured the so-called Ferdbeyan of the deceased. It is further contended by him that even if, the prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, there is only Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11648 of 2012 (3) dt.27-04-2012 allegation against this petitioner that she caught hold of the deceased at the time of the alleged occurrence and it was co- accused Tarkeshwar Pandit who lit the fire on the person of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Guthani P.S. Case No. 44 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498

Statute Text:
Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman. Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.