Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.637 of 2012 (3) dt.01-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.637 of 2012 ====================================================== Ghutar Gupta @ Langra Gupta .... .... Appellant Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Respondent ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 01-11-2012 Heard. The appellant has been convicted under [STATUTE] . It is contended that the appellant is not directly related to the husband of the victim. He is a co-villager and agnate of the husband of the victim. The brother-in-law of the deceased, namely, Supari Gupta @ Dinesh Gupta has already been granted bail by this Court by order dated 12.09.2012 passed in Cr.Appeal(SJ)No.570 of 2012. It has also been contended that there is no specific allegation against the appellant. Be that as it may, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, during the pendency of this appeal, let the above named appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge, Munger in Sessions Trial No.256 of 2011. B.Kr./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 304B

Statute Text:
Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code. Dowry death. Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry, such death shall be called "dowry death", and such husband or relative shall be deemed to have caused her death. Whoever commits dowry death shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.