Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16162 of 2012 (3) dt.04-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16162 of 2012 ====================================================== Subhash Prasad Singh S/O Late Darogi Prasad Singh, Resident of Village- Podia (Jhunjhunia), Police Station- Sangrampur, District- Munger. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 3. 04-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused in Sangrampur P.S.Case No.95 of 2008 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the allegation had been levelled against the petitioner who happens to be the father-in-law of the deceased but from the case diary it is apparent that the deceased was suffering from severe stomach pain and her treatment was through out going on at her marital house and efforts were made for her treatment for which she was taken to several doctors who Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16162 of 2012 (3) dt.04-06-2012 themselves have come to depose but subsequently in spite of the said frequent efforts of the petitioner she succumbed to her disease. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the claim of the petitioner had been supported by the brother of the deceased herself which is apparent from paragraph 41 of the case diary and the statements of the doctor is noted in paragraphs 25 and 60 of the case diary. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Sangrampur P.S.Case No.95 of 2008. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.