Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24079 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24079 of 2012 ====================================================== Sheonandan Gri & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 13.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Taking into consideration that petitioners being parents-in- law of the informant are languishing in jail custody since 31.3.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] , let the petitioners, Sheonandan Gri and Usha Devi, 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, Gaya in Paraiya P.S. Case no. 04/2011. 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.