Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6669 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Janak Patel 2. Saral Devi. 3. Munna Patel. 4. Munni Lal Patel. 5. Tunni Lal Patel. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 26-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents and brothers of the husband of the deceased are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after five years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the informant got burnt injury when she was given medical assistance and she died after 10 days of the admission in the hospital when the neighbour of the victim in para 12 of the case diary stated that the victim fought with her husband and she put herself on fire when the petitioners were not present at the house. Learned A.P.P. submits that in para 9 of the case diary Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6669 of 2012 (3) dt.26-04-2012 2/2 the neighbour of the victim stated that all the petitioners sprinkled k. oil and put the victim on fire. Considering the death after more than five years of the marriage when there are inconsistent statement of the neighbours and the fact that the thrust of the accusation is against the husband who, as per the learned counsel for the petitioners, is in custody, let the above named 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Govindganj (Areraj) P.S. Case No. 114 of 2011, 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.