Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37797 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Prabha Devi @ Prabha Kumar Devi 2. Sumitra Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the mother and sister-in-law of the husband of the complainant are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of the dowry demand. The marriage was performed in the year 2006. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the brother of the complainant lodged Sanha on 21.12.2011 to the effect that the husband of the complainant is missing when it is submitted that the husband is residing with the complainant in his in-laws house. The complainant has neither made any accusation against her husband nor has disclosed the fact about missing of her husband in the complaint petition. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37797 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 2/2 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 975C of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.