Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8412 of 2012 (3) dt.19-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8412 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rakesh Prasad @ Rakesh Kumar S/O Shri Jagat Prasad Resident Of Village- Bajidpur, Police Station- Parasbigha, District- Jehanabad .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the victim has been done to death. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the marriage has been solemnized in 1997 and in the voter list the name of the deceased appears and the allegation regarding demand is omni bus. It has also been submitted that a U.D. case was filed on 30.10.2010 and the deceased was found dead by hanging, which the post mortem report confirms and the petitioner is in jail since 11.11.2011. The informant got the information on 31.10.2010 and he lodged a case on 03.11.2010. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Ishakchaq P.S. Case No. 59 of 2010 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, subject to the condition that petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date, fixed, and his absence, without any reasonable ground, on two consecutive dates, shall be a ground for cancellation of his bail bond and the trial be expedited for early disposal. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.