Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6243 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6243 of 2012 ====================================================== Arvind Sharma .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being elder brother-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. It would appear from perusal of the impugned order that the deceased was taken to a doctor for treatment and the aforesaid doctor referred the deceased to Sadar hospital, Biharsharif for better treatment but the deceased again brought before him at the last stage of her life and on the basis of the aforesaid circumstance, suspicion has been raised against the petitioner and other accused that they intentionally delayed the treatment of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that mother-in- law and sister-in-law of the deceased have already been granted privilege of bail by different benches of this court. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Arvind Sharma, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in Parwalpur P.S. Case no. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6243 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 68/2011. 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.