Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7164 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nathuni Sah 2. Shivkali Devi. 3. Ranju Devi. 4. Sanjay Sah. 5. Sobha Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.10345 of 2012 ====================================================== Shambhu Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the parents and other family members of the husband and the husband himself are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the grand-daughter of the informant was killed within few months of the marriage. From the averment of the informant, it appears that the father of the husband informed the informant about the incident. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7164 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the general accusation against the entire family members of the husband, let the above named petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 7164 of 2011, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with G.B. Nagar (Pachrukhi) P.S. Case No. 160 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. So far as petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 10345 of 2011 is concerned, since the thrust of accusation is against the husband, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to Shambhu Sah being the husband. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner Shambhu Sah, is rejected. 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.