Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4730 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Mustaq S/O Md. Phool Babu Resident Of Mohalla- Kasaitola, P.S.- Mohiuddingar, District- Samastipur 2. Md. Samsad S/O Abdul Mazid Resident Of Mohalla- Kasaitola, P.S.- Mohiuddingar, District- Samastipur 3. Md. Moti S/O Abdul Mazid Resident Of Mohalla- Kasaitola, P.S.- Mohiuddingar, District- Samastipur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.02.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the cousin, brother and nephew of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the cognizance has been taken in 2009 when it is alleged that the victim committed suicide when the husband lodged U.D. case. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, let the above named petitioners Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4730 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 2/2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Samastipur in connection with Complaint Case No. 269 of 2002, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.