Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13609 of 2012 (2) dt.16-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13609 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandrashekhar Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being husband is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the sister of the informant was killed within two years of the marriage due to non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that petitioner was not present on the alleged date of occurrence as he was present at the place of his posting at Pithauragarh. In view of this court, the contention of learned counsel for the petitioner can be good ground for consideration of regular bail of the petitioner by the learned court below in case the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Buxar (M) P.S. Case no. 180 of 2011 pending in the court of C.J.M., Buxar. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13609 of 2012 (2) dt.16-04-2012 This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. 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.