Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9919 of 2012 (2) dt.13-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9919 of 2012 ====================================================== Asho Singh @ Ashok Singh & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 13.03.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in-laws of the deceased and are languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the first information report that relationship of the deceased with her husband was strained due to alcoholic nature of her husband. It is pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioners that other in-laws of the deceased have already been admitted to anticipatory bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 2.3.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 5961/2012 in which this court observed that death of the deceased was due to asphyxia as a result of strangulation. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners, Asho Singh @ Ashok Singh, Subhash Singh, Tainu Singh and Mako Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in Tikapatti P.S. Case no. 39/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.