Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8180 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suraj 2. Shiv Shanti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 16-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the brothers of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that due to the torture of the husband and parents of the husband the informant put her on fire. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, who as per learned counsel for the petitioners is in custody, 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.8180 of 2012 (2) dt.16-03-2012 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 Magistrate, Nalanda in connection with Soh Sarai P.S. Case No. 106 of 2011, 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.