Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29324 of 2012 (4) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29324 of 2012 ====================================================== Anil Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 26.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 13.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that in course of investigation witnesses stated that the deceased died of diarrhoea and moreover, police found that the deceased committed suicide and her dead body was cremated in presence of her natal people. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing for the informant vehemently opposed the prayer submitting that police was in collusion with the accused persons and that was the reason, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Anil Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikarhana at Motihari in Ghorasahan P.S. Case no. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29324 of 2012 (4) dt.26-09-2012 49/2012. 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.