Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47361 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.47361 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Anil Pandey 2. Tara Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 18-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the brother and brother’s wife of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It appears that the petitioners were granted anticipatory bail by the learned court below but since they could not surrender within the stipulated time, hence, the bail bonds could not be accepted when the extension application for surrender was refused by the learned court below. Considering the fact that petitioners have been granted anticipatory bail on merits by the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47361 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 learned Sessions Judge, let the learned court below accept the bail bonds of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 332 of 2007 pending in the court of learned SDJM, Dalsingsarai. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. 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.