Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40894 of 2012 (2) dt.26-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40894 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Gauri Shankar Prasad S/O Late Suraj Saw Resident Of Village- Sadipur, P.S- Ora, In The District Of Aurangabad. 2. Asha Devi W/O Gauri Shankar Prasad Resident Of Village- Sadipur, P.S- Ora, In The District Of Aurangabad. 3. Deepak Kumar S/O Gauri Shankar Prasad Resident Of Village- Sadipur, P.S- Ora, In The District Of Aurangabad. 4. Puja Kumari D/O Gauri Shankar Prasad Resident Of Village- Sadipur, P.S- Ora, In The District Of Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-11-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to make necessary correction in the petition, as prayed for Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents, brother and sister of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The basic accusation is of torture. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the informant, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40894 of 2012 (2) dt.26-11-2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM, Daudnagar (Aurangabad) in connection with Obra P.S. Case No.112 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.