Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17104 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Chunni Devi 2. Nitish Kumar 3. Ruby Devi 4. Rajesh Kumar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 09-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the step daughters and their respective husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The FIR was lodged by the step mother of petitioner no. 1. It is alleged by the informant that she was married with Girdhari Prasad since there was no male issue from the first wife and when informant pregnant all accused persons gave her two tablets due to which her pregnancy got terminated. Considering the fact that petitioners are Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17104 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 2/2 married step daughters and their husbands of the informant and the accusation is not specific, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Ekangarsarai P.S. Case No. 20 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.