Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6888 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6888 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Banarsi Devi Wife of Basudeo Mahto 2. Basudeo Mahto son of late Chulhai Mahto Both R/o village- Parmanandpur, P.S.- Dumra, District- Sitamarhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. The petitioners seek bail in a case in which chargesheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] . Submission is that the petitioners are parents of the husband of the deceased and no specific allegation has been levelled against them. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners above named are directed to be released on furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M./concerned Court, Sitamarhi in connection with Dumra P.S. Case No. 133 of 2011. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 498

Statute Text:
Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman. Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.