Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5922 of 2012 (3) dt.07-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5922 of 2012 ====================================================== Bimal Mandal @ Bimal Prasad Mandal & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 07.03.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Admittedly, petitioner no.1 is father-in-law whereas petitioner no.2 is younger brother-in-law of the deceased and the aforesaid petitioners are languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. Para 37 of the case diary reflects that no external injury was found on the person of the deceased and cause of death was suspected to be a case of poisoning. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners, Bimal Mandal @ Bimal Prasad Mandal and Sanjeev Kumar @ Sanjeev Kr. Mandal @ Sanjeev Mandal, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in Dandkhora P.S. Case no. 148/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.