Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33259 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33259 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bibi Moma, 2. Sajumuddin, 3. Md. Rahim .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being husband of the victim and the parents of the husband are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after two years of the marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that the victim died on 19.10.2006 when UD case no. 6 of 2006 was lodged by the present informant alleging that his daughter died due to drowning. Thereafter on 21.11.2006 the complaint was filed making accusation under [STATUTE] which came to be registered as police case on 24.2.2012. Considering the delayed lodging of the case and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33259 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 inconsistent stand of the complainant/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 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 CJM, Katihar in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 95 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) 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.