Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23302 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sk. Aurangjeb @ Aurangjeb Son Of Sk. Mokhtar Resident Of Village- Belbaniya, P.S.- Mainatand, District- W. Champaran 2. Noor Hoda @ Nurul Hoda Son Of Sk. Mokhtar Resident Of Village- Belbaniya, P.S.- Mainatand, District- W. Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 03-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. This is a case for regular bail for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of demand of dowry and killing the informant’s daughter. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that they have been falsely implicated in this case. He also submits that other co-accused have already been granted bail by this Court. Petitioners are dewars of victim. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioners are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23302 of 2012 (2) dt.03-07-2012 2 / 2 2 of the Addl. Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-II, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Sessions Trial No.226 of 2012 arising out of Mainatand P.S. case no.14 of 2009. sudip/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.