Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15033 of 2012 (2) dt.24-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15033 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jamal Ahmad, 2. Shaira Khatoon, 3. Rukshana Khatoon, 4. Md. Shaukat & 5. Md. Akbar .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents, brother and brother’s wife of the husband of the deceased are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture of non-fulfilment of dowry demands. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the complainant, let the above named five petitioners, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their 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 satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15033 of 2012 (2) dt.24-03-2012 Complaint Case No.397 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the 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.