Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4537 of 2012 (3) dt.16-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4537 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Lalti Devi, 2. Roshan Paswan, 3. Vikram Kumar alias Indu Paswan, 4. Bindu Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being mother and brothers of the husband are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after one year of the marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that in fact the marriage was performed 12-13 years prior to the occurrence and considering the evidence collected during investigation, the husband has been granted bail by the learned court below vide B.P. No. 108 of 2012. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4537 of 2012 (3) dt.16-04-2012 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, Jehanabad in connection with Ghosi P.S. Case No. 194 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.