Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39663 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Akali Devi W/O Sukho Yadav Resident Of Village Kerawan, Police Station- Singheshwar, District Madhepura. 2. Sukho Yadav S/O Late Bhutan Prasad Yadav Resident of Village Kerawan, Police Station Singheshwar, District Madhepura. 3. Ruby Devi D/O Sukho Yadav Resident of Village Kerawan, Police Station Singheshwar, District Madhepura. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents and sister of the husband of the victim are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after four years of marriage for non- fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted that specific accusation is against the husband of the victim who is in custody and only the husband has been charge sheeted. It is surprising that the charge sheet does not disclose anything about other F.I.R. named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39663 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 accused persons including the petitioners when the order taking cognizance dated 18.03.2010 reflects that investigation is complete which shows the manner in which the police officers investigated the case. Let the charge sheet and the order taking cognizance dated 18.03.2010 be placed before the Superintendent of Police, Madhepura, to see the manner in which his officers investigated the case. Considering the fact that charge sheet has been submitted only against the husband of the victim, let the petitioners, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Singheshwar P.S. Case No. 82 of 2009, G.R. No. 1600 of 2009 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Madhepura, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.