Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9106 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sahabuddin, 2. Jamila Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents of the husband are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted that the petitioners are separate from the husband. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today 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 SDJM, Sadar, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Complaint Case No. C-1553/2010 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9106 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.