Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40885 of 2012 (2) dt.26-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40885 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Yogendra Prasad S/O Late Batahu Prasad Resident Of Village- Sutihara, Police Station- Parihar, Sitamarhi 2. Ram Somari Devi W/O Yogendra Prasad Resident Of Village- Sutihara, Police Station- Parihar, Sitamarhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents of the husband of the informant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture for non fulfillment of dowry demands. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the informant, 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 twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40885 of 2012 (2) dt.26-11-2012 satisfaction of learned SDJM, Sitamarhi in connection with Parihar P.S. Case No. 107 of 2009 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.