Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23413 of 2012 ====================================================== Laxman Paswan & Ors .... .... Petitioners. Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Parties. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents and uncles of the husband of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of the D. P. Act. The accusations are of torture and committing theft. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the informant, let the petitioners, Laxman Paswan, Surendra Paswan @ Suren Paswan, Ramadhin Paswan, Ram Briksh Paswan and Fulia Devi be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Birpur P.S. Case No. 01 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23413 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 2 / 2 2 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Birpur at Supaul, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.