Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17562 of 2012 (4) dt.24-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17562 of 2012 ====================================================== Shaila Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 24-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that after fifteen years of the marriage, sister of the informant was being tortured and a case under [STATUTE] was lodged. Subsequently, the husband who is son of the petitioner brought the sister of the informant but when the informant went to the her husband’s place she was found missing. It is submitted that husband of the victim was residing at Durgapur and admittedly the victim was taken by her husband. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the victim, let the above named petitioner 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) with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17562 of 2012 (4) dt.24-09-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 456 of 2011 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.