Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45234 of 2010 ====================================================== Dayawati Devi W/o Khyali Ray resident of Mohalla Kazibagh, P.S.-Alamganj, District-Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 19-06-2012 On call, none appeared on behalf of the petitioner, either to press the petition or to make a prayer for adjournment. The present petition was filed for quashing of the order dated 4.12.2010 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Patna City in Sessions Trial No. 863 of 2010 (Alamganj P.S. Case No. 93 of 2009), registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . By the impugned order, the petition for discharge was rejected. On 16.5.2012, a prayer was made on behalf of the petitioner for adjourning the case and thereafter, the case was adjourned. Today, on call, none appeared on behalf of the petitioner. The petition stands dismissed, due to non-prosecution. Let a copy of this Order be sent to the court below forthwith. Anay (Rakesh Kumar, 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.