S.N.Jha and T.P.Singh JJ.

1. This writ petition has been filed by the wife for custody of her ten months old son. The respondents are the husband and in-laws The case of the petitioner is that she was married to respondent no. 2 Dhananjay Singh on 11th July 2000 at Dhanbad. On 12th July 2000 she came to her in-laws house at Patna. After sometime the inlaws started ill-treating her. On 23rd November 2000 she went to Dhanbad where her parents live. On 11th April 2001 she gave birth to a male child. None turned up from the in-laws side, not even respondent no. 2 to see the child. On 25th June 2001 she came to Patna on her own. After coming to Patna she was continuously tortured by the in-laws including respondent no. 2 on the ground that she had not brought enough dowry. On the day previous to Dipawali she was even beaten up by respondent no. 2. When the situation did not improve the petitioner informed her parents about her plight. On 3rd December 2001 her brother came to Patna and took her to Dhanbad. While she was entering into the car respondent no. 2 forcibly snatched her then 7 months old son from her lap. The petitioner thereafter tried he best to get the custody of the