Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26536 of 2012 ====================================================== Sabrun Nisha .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner being the mother of the husband of the informant is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Later on Section 498(A) of the I.P.C. was also added. The accusation is of torture. The accusation of torture is also levelled against the petitioner. It is submitted that husband is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. Learned counsel for the informant submits that accusation is specific against the petitioner. Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioner, above named, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26536 of 2012 (2) dt.30-07-2012 2 / 2 2 event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Hussainganj P.S. Case No. 74 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Siwan, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below on substantial restoration of matrimonial harmony between the husband and the informant within one year. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 506

Statute Text:
Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal intimidation. Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc — and if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, of with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.