Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28495 of 2012 (2) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28495 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikki Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. By this application, the petitioner being husband of the victim has renewed the prayer for anticipatory bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] on the ground that others have been acquitted vide S.T. No. 188 of 2009. It appears that this ground was considered earlier. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Minapur P.S. Case no. 246 of 2008 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Muzaffarpur. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28495 of 2012 (2) dt.26-09-2012 cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (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.