Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28787 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Saryug Singh Sarjug 2. Kalia Devi @ Kala Devi 3. Bikki Kumar @ Bikram Kumar @ Vikash Kumar @ Bikki Kumar 4. Lali Kumari @ Lalo Kumari @ Lalita Kumari 5. Salia Devi @ Sulekha Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Srimati Sunita Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 13-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents, brother and sisters of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The basis accusation is of torture. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28787 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2/2 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrae, Madhepura in connection with Complaint Case No. 1392 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.