Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40718 of 2012 (2) dt.02-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40718 of 2012 ====================================================== Chini Lal Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 02.11.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 22.8.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that the deceased committed suicide by consuming poison and after her death, UD case was registered on the basis of the written report of this petitioner as husband and father-in-law of the deceased were not present at their house at the time of alleged occurrence. It is further contended by him that police after investigation submitted final form showing “mistake of fact” but the informant filed protest petition which was treated as complaint case and after that cognizance was taken. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chini Lal Sharma, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri A.K.Singh, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Dalsingsarai District Samastipur in C.R. no. 294/2003. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.