Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46593 of 2012 ====================================================== Uday Shankar Singh @ Guddu , son of Ramdeo Singh, resident of Village- Mokhtarpur, Police Station-Mahnar, District-Vaishali .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER ------------------ 2 18-12-2012 Heard Sri Ashutosh Kumar, learned counsel, who was assisted by Sri Birendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Anil Kumar Singh, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. I do not find any ground for granting privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, who is husband of the deceased and the case is for the offence under [STATUTE] . The petition stands dismissed. NKS/- (Rakesh Kumar, 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.