Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26095 of 2012 ====================================================== Satrudhan Bind @ Shatrughan Bind .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the victim is languishing in jail since 24.08.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after one year of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. Earlier bail application of the petitioner was rejected on 16.03.2012 vide Cr. Misc. No. 972 of 2012. The prayer for bail has been renewed on the ground that the informant, being the father (P.W.-3) of the victim and mother (P.W.-4) of the victim have been examined during trial but they have not supported the prosecution case. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26095 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 2/2 to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-I, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with S. Tr. No. 47 of 2012/72 of 2012 arising out Bhabua P.S. Case No. 235 of 2011. Learned court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner if he defaults for three consecutive occasions. Amrendra/- (Dinesh 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.