Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27327 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Safina Khatoon 2. Md Athar. 3. Md. Wahid. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the sister-in-law (Bhabhi) and brother-in-law of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of solemnizing marriage by the husband of the informant with one Afsari Khatoon and committing theft. It is alleged against the petitioners that they helped the husband of the informant in commission of the offence. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is 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 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27327 of 2012 (2) dt.03-08-2012 2/2 satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 03 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.