Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15398 of 2012 (5) dt.29-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15398 of 2012 ====================================================== Saddam Hussain Quraishi, son of Zahir Quraishi, resident of Village- Kaziyana, Balant, P.S. Sakri, District- Madhubani. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 29-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Sakri P.S. Case No. 140 of 2010, registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand and subjecting cruelty. It is further alleged that victim has informed on telephone about demand and subjecting cruelty. The victim died by burn injury and petitioner is husband of the victim. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no sign of burn injury in the entire body and victim died at her Naihar. The petitioner is in jail custody since 13. 01. 2011. It is also submitted that charge sheet has been submitted in this case. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to this petitioner at this stage. However, trial may be expedited after framing of the charge. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15398 of 2012 (5) dt.29-06-2012

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.