Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44775 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Madan Mohan Singh @ Mohan Singh S/O Late Yogendra Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. 2. Brij Mohan Singh S/O Late Yogendra Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. 3. Ravindra Singh S/O Late Deo Sunder Narayan Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. 4. Girendra Singh @ Girendra Pd. Singh S/O Late Deo Sunder Narayan Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. 5. Ganga Singh S/O Late Kaju Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. 6. Yamuna Singh S/O Late Kaju Singh Resident Of Village- Baruna, Police Station- Narbinagar, Distt- Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAVANITI PRASAD SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44775 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Petitioners have filed this application apprehending their arrest in relation to Complaint Case No. 679/2011/ Trial No. 293/2012 registered under sections 323, 498(A) and 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioners are not related to the complainant from the side of her in-laws. The complaint is against the complainant’s husband who is an accused in the present case. The marriage has been solemnized in the year 1970 and the Second marriage has been held in the year, 1984 and the complaint has been filed in the year, 2011. It is further alleged that only under the conspiracy with the other accused persons, the petitioners have been included in the complaint. There can not be a case under [STATUTE] . against them. Be that as it may, in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Aurangabad in complaint Case No. 679/2011/ Trial No./2293/2012, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sudha/- (Navaniti Prasad 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.