Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16396 of 2011 (5) dt.23-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16396 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Surjug Rai, son of late Asharfi Rai 2. Buti Rai, son of Surjug Rai Both are resident of village – Nayatola, Bariyarpur, P.S. – Bakhtiyarpur, District – Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 5 23-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 189/2010 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , pending in the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to surrender before the court below within a fortnight for a prayer of regular bail, which shall be considered on its own merit, without being prejudiced of instant withdrawal. Permission is granted. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.