Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19029 of 2012 (4) dt.22-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19029 of 2012 ====================================================== Awdhesh Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 22.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is languishing in jail custody since 3.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the deceased in the year 2005 and the deceased died within seven years of her marriage on account of burn injury. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in course of investigation, some witnesses stated that the deceased was caught in fire while she was cooking meal and mother-in-law of the deceased tried to save her but she also sustained burn injury. Learned counsel for the petitioner drew my attention towards annexure 2, bed head ticket of mother-in-law of the deceased. It is further contended by him that, as a matter of fact, the deceased was immediately taken to hospital where she died in course of her treatment. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Awdhesh Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19029 of 2012 (4) dt.22-08-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge FTC No. II, Bettiah, West Champaran in Sessions trial no. 184/2012 arising out of Chanpatiya (Sirisiya) P.S. Case no. 215/2011. 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.