Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25785 of 2011 (4) dt.23-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25785 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Mosmat Chhathiya Devi, wife of late Mahendra Sahni 2. Bhagwati Devi, wife of Bhutta Sahni 3. Nilu Devi, wife of Fudan Sahni 4. Bhutta Sahni, son of late Mahendra Sahni All are resident of village – Goshai Tola, P.S. – Kanti, District – Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 4 23-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The four petitioners, apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] , are named accused in this case being in-laws of deceased daughter of the informant who died under unnatural circumstances within four years of her marriage. Submission is of false implication and the husband of the deceased has already facing trial in sessions trial no. 632/2010 for offences under [STATUTE] . Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within four weeks, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) each with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25785 of 2011 (4) dt.23-03-2012 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, (West) Muzaffarpur, in connection with Kanti P.S. Case No. 130/2010, subject to condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with additional condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. 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.