Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13301 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjan Yadav son of Sri Suresh Yadav, Resident of Village- Chainapur Mehnaur, P.S.- Deepnagar, District- Nalanda .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 4 06-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is the husband of the deceased and they were living together at Bokaro where he was working. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that deceased used to send money to her brothers for depositing in her account, but they misappropriated the same and they also usurped her ornament and did not give it to her in spite of repeated demands and due to the said reason she had altercation with them and in absence of the petitioner she committed suicide by hanging. Learned counsel for the petitioner also avers that postmortem report also shows that death was due to hanging and not by Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13301 of 2012 (4) dt.06-06-2012 2 / 2 2 strangulation, whereas no other external or internal injury was found on the person of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner further contends that although at the relevant time they were residing at Bokaro, but the petitioner brought the dead body of the deceased to his native village Chainpur Mahnaur within Nalanda District for cremation where in-laws also came as they were residing in another village of the same district Nalanda. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that had there been any fault of the petitioner, he could have cremated the deceased at Bokara itself without giving any information to his in-laws. He further states that he is in custody since 10.08.2011. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda in connection with Silao P.S. Case No.96 of 2011. Sunil/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.