Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19723 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19723 of 2012 ====================================================== Pankaj Chaurasia @ Pankaj Kumar Chaurasia .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 07.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 2.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although learned counsel for the petitioner tried to convince me about innocence of the petitioner but I am not at all convinced with the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner, at least, at this stage. Therefore, taking into consideration that some injuries were found on the person of the deceased, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Dhamdaha P.S. Case no. 100/2011 is, hereby, rejected. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that the case of the petitioner has already been committed to the court of sessions and presently, pending in the court of Addl. Sessions Judge but he could not disclose the name of the court. In the aforesaid circumstances, learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea should send copy of this order to the concerned court and the concerned court is directed to conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible, preferably, within nine months from the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19723 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 date of receipt of this order. It goes without saying that after nine months, petitioner may renew his prayer for bail before the learned trial court itself, if his trial is not concluded. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.