Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5967 of 2012 (5) dt.13-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5967 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Narayan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05/ 13.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 16.10.2009 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Originally, the informant-Phula Devi filed complaint case on 25.7.2005 in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra and on the basis of the aforesaid Complaint case, Ishuapur P.S. Case no. 2/2009 was registered. It is pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioner that on 1.7.2005, petitioner lodged Ishuapur P.S. Case no. 56/2005 in respect of killing of his wife and after institution of the aforesaid case, the informant lodged this case after 25 days of the alleged occurrence. It is further contended by him that, as a matter of fact, police in collusion with the enemies of the petitioner, submitted final form in Ishuapur P.S. Case no. 56/2005 whereas in the present case, petitioner has been charge sheeted under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is further contended by him that up till now, two prosecution witnesses have been examined which is evident from perusal of report of trial court itself. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5967 of 2012 (5) dt.13-07-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Raj Narayan Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge IV, Saran at Chapra in Sessions trial no.124/2010 arising out of Ishuapur P.S. Case no. 2/2009. 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.