Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1678 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Jahangir & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2012 Petitioners being husband and family members of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that wife has entered into the compromise with the husband and has filed a petition to that effect before learned Court below, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Md. Jahangir 2. Md. Moinuddin 3. Bibi Musia 4. Md. Munbir 5. Md. Ahsan 6. Azam, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1678 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Jokihat P.S. Case No. 75 of 2011, corresponding to G.R. No. 808 of 2011, subject to the condition that one of the bailor will be the wife herself. Shageer/- (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.