Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5284 of 2012 ====================================================== Lalji Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the deceased is languishing in custody since 21.10.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the accusation was found false by the police and final form was submitted against the petitioner but differing with the same the cognizance has been taken. It is also submitted that others have been granted bail in the matter. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5284 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya in connection with Barachatti (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No. 133 of 2009. Amrendra/- (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.