Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30769 of 2012 (4) dt.17-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30769 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shankar Kumar @ Yogesh Kumar Verma Naresh Lal Das R/O Rampur, P.S. - Murliganj, Dist.T - Madhepura. 2. Sanjay Kuamr Verma S/O Rama Nand Lal Das R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul 3. Anil Kumar Verma S/O Late Hari Gobind Lal Das R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Jamui 4. Durga Nand Das S/O Jai Narayan Das R/O Village - Rampur, P.S. - Murliganj, Distt. - Madhepura 5. Kalika Nand Dutta @ Kalika Dutta S/O Gopal Dutta R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul 6. Rajeev Lochan Raju @ Raju Dutta S/O Kalika Nand Dutta R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul 7. Sanjeev Kumar Dutta S/O Kalika Nand Dutta R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul 8. Anand Kumar Dutta S/O Kalika Nand Dutta R/O Village - Jagatpur, P.S. - Supaul, Distt. - Supaul .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 17-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being family members and relation of the husband of the complainant are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basic accusation is of torture for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It appears that the matter was pending since the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30769 of 2012 (4) dt.17-09-2012 marriage was in dispute and the litigation travelled up to Apex Court. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, 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 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, Saharsa in connection with complaint case no. 137 C of 1996 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.