Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43933 of 2011 (3) dt.26-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43933 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Meya Devi W/O Sita Ram Rai Resident Of Ahmadpur Bariyarpur, P.S.- Raja Pakar, District- Vaishali At Hazipur 2. Sita Ram Rai S/O Yogendra Rai Resident Of Ahmadpur Bariyarpur, P.S.- Raja Pakar, District- Vaishali At Hajipur .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr. Subash Prasad, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 26-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioners are the bhainsur and gotni of the deceased. There is general and omni bus allegation. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bounds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Raja Pakar P.S. Case No. 73 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code and if the charge sheet is submitted against the petitioners, then, they shall surrender and prayer for regular bail. SA/- (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.