Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12313 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Mohan Pandit, 2. Shyam Pandit, 3. Hardeo Pandit, 4. Ram Chandra Pandit, 5. Lalita Devi, 6. Lalo Pandit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being father, brother and brother in law of the first wife are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of dowry demands after ten years of the marriage. It is submitted that for the occurrence of 29.9.2010, the complaint was filed on 4.10.2010 which came to be registered as police case on 8.10.2010. It is further submitted that the marriage being ten years’ old, as per own admission of the informant, the case does not come under the purview of [STATUTE] . Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12313 of 2012 (2) dt.11-04-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 382 of 2010 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.