Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17616 of 2012 ====================================================== Asha Devi@Asha Rani & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-05-2012 Petitioners being mother and brother of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the petitioners namely 1. Asha Devi @ Asha Rani 2. Shivjee Bhai Patel, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17616 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 392C of 2011. 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.