Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43080 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43080 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kedar Singh 2. Srimati Kali Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 17-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that after 20 years of the marriage the accusation of torture has been levelled. 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 their arrest or surrender before the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43080 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 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 SDJM, Lakhisarai in connection with Complaint Case No. 448C of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.