Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17096 of 2012 ====================================================== Kaushalya Devi W/O Uttam Sao, R/O Vill-Sakarpura, P.S.-Hasanpur, Distt-Samastipur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Anand, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : ------------------ ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 20-06-2012 This is second attempt made by the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail in a criminal prosecution registered under [STATUTE] . The prayer for anticipatory bail made on behalf of the petitioner was earlier rejected vide order dated 10.05.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 12363 of 2010 (Annexure-1) on the ground that the petitioner happens to be the mother-in –law of the deceased. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that after aforesaid order dated 10.05.2010 other co-accused persons including co-accused Sunil Kumar Sah, the husband of the deceased, were put on trial in Sessions Trial No. 556 of 2010 and finally all the four accused persons have been acquitted by the learned trial court by judgment and order dated 15th October 2011 (Annexure-4). In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the prayer for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17096 of 2012 (2) dt.20-06-2012 2 / 2 2 anticipatory bail of the petitioner, who is an old lady, is allowed. Accordingly, it is ordered that in the event of her arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 156 of 2008, the above named petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM, Rosera at Samastipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. BTiwary/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, 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.