Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11159 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11159 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nawisa Khatoon, wife of Ainual Haque, resident of village-Taraiya, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Begusarai. 2. Ambiya Khatoon, wife of Md. Parwez, resident of village- Paraiya, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Begusarai. 3. Razda Khatoon @ Khoji Khatoon, wife of Md. Nazrul Hoda, resident of village- Baghauni, P.S.-Vaini, District- Samastipur. 4. Aamenah @ Rozy Khatoon, wife of Md. Jamshed Alam, resident of Flat No.203, Deep Milan, near H.N. School, Mira Road (East), Mumbai, Maharastra. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMARESH KUMAR LAL ORAL ORDER 2 14-03-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the informant as well as the learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in Begusarai Mufassil P.S. Case No.09 of 2012 registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The allegation against the accused including the petitioners is to have tortured and made demand of dowry. It is submitted that there is no specific allegation against the petitioners. The petitioner no.1 is the mother-in-law and the petitioner nos. 2 to 4 are the married sisters-in-law of the informant. It is further submitted that the informant does not want to live with the petitioners and she wants to live with her husband in her father’s house. However, the petitioners will take effective steps that Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11159 of 2012 (2) dt.14-03-2012 2 the ill-will between wife and the husband is removed and the conjugal life is restored. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above-named be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in Begusarai Mufassil P.S. Case No.09/2012 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the other following conditions : 1. One of the bailors will be the close relative of the petitioners. 2. The petitioners will not indulge in similar or in any other offence. 3. The petitioners will be well re-represented in the court. 4. In case of absence for two consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, their bail bond will be liable to be cancelled by the concerned court and they will be taken into custody forthwith. V.K. Pandey/- (Amaresh Kumar Lal, 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.