Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30897 of 2012 ====================================================== Veena Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 21-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the second wife of the husband of the complainant is apprehending her arrest in a complaint case filed for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was married about 20 years prior to the lodging of the present case without the knowledge of the first marriage. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the complainant, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30897 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2/2 below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Jehanabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 399 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.