Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12961 of 2012 (3) dt.23-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12961 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shankar Choudhary S/O Ram Amit Choudhary R/O Village - Bhadiaya, P.S. Moheddinagar, District - Samastipur 2. Lalit Choudhary S/O Shankar Choudhary R/O Village - Bhadiaya, P.S. Moheddinagar, District - Samastipur 3. Sushila Devi @ Rekha Devi W/O Shankar Choudhary R/O Village - Bhadiaya, P.S. Moheddinagar, District - Samastipur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SAMARENDRA PRATAP SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-05-2012 Petitioners are father-in-law, brother-in-law and mother- in-law of the deceased respectively. They apprehend their arrest in a case under [STATUTE] on the allegation that they all used to demand dowry and ultimately done away the daughter of complainant. Petitioners submit that the deceased died in Delhi and they had no concern with the day to day life of the deceased and her husband. Even petitioner Lalit Chaudhary live separately from them. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, petitioner no.2 and 3 as mentioned above would be released on bail on their Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12961 of 2012 (3) dt.23-05-2012 furnishing bail bond of Rs.5,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Mansoorchak Police Station Case No. 4 of 2009. Prayer for bail of petitioner no.1 is rejected with direction to surrender and seek regular bail which would be disposed of on its own merit without prejudice. Shashi./- (Samarendra Pratap 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.