Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27701 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jai Mangal Singh S/O Late Ramdhari Singh Resident Of Village- Dubiyahi, P.S- Kurhani, Distt- Muzaffarpur .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 13-08-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is allegation of demand of motorcycle. The petitioner is the father-in-law and husband works in Gujrat and has not been named in the first information report. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no evidence of subjecting to cruelty or non- fulfillment of demand is there and it has come that the deceased herself set on fire and charge sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] in view of the fact that it has come in evidence that the accused persons used to quarrel with the deceased for not cooking food. The petitioner is in jail since 19.01.2012. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kurhani P.S. Case No. 192 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, West, Muzaffarpur. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.