Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39471 of 2011 (3) dt.25-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39471 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Ramdeo Sah S/O Manejer Sah Resident Of Village - Kabirpur, P.S. Mohammadpur, Distt - Gopalganj 2. Jawahir Sah S/O Manajer Sah Resident Of Village - Kabirpur, P.S. Mohammadpur, Distt - Gopalganj 3. Dharmshila Devi W/O Ramdeo Sah Resident Of Village - Kabirpur, P.S. Mohammadpur, Distt - Gopalganj 4. Sarita Devi W/O Jawahir Sah Resident Of Village - Kabirpur, P.S. Mohammadpur, Distt - Gopalganj .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 03. 25-01-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. The petitioners are in custody in connection with Mohammadpur P.S. Case No. 57 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioners, with reference to the allegation made in the F.I.R. placed at Annexure-1, submits that the entire allegation is directed against the husband of the deceased. It is further submitted that the petitioners herein are brothers of the husband of the deceased and their respective wives. It is further submitted that these petitioners are stationed at Kolkata and which fact has also taken note during the course of investigation. Taking into consideration the submission of learned counsel and having perused the materials on record, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39471 of 2011 (3) dt.25-01-2012 petitioners, namely, Ramdeo Sah, Jawahir Sah, Dharmshila Devi and Sarita Devi be released on bail upon each one of them individually furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Mohammadpur P.S. Case no. 57 of 2011. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.