Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40437 of 2012 (2) dt.08-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40437 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Amna Khatoon, 2. Md. Tanwir Haidar, 3. Bibi Nighar alias Nigar Sultana, 4. Master Wasi alias Wasi Ahmad, 5. Md. Ziaur Rahman alias Ziauddin 6. Mahtab Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being family members of the husband of the victim are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Father of the victim is informant. The basic accusation is of torture. It is submitted that subsequent to the lodging of the present case, the daughter of the informant died at her parents’ place when the informant has subsequently retracted from the initial version and filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. Certified copy of the said petition has been produced. Let it be kept on record. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40437 of 2012 (2) dt.08-11-2012 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve 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 learned CJM, Purnea in connection with Kashba P.S. Case No. 106 of 2012 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.