Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19049 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Hare Krishna Choudhary 2. Ammalal Choudhary 3. Narad Muni Choudhary 4. Sri Niwas Choudhary 5. Manorma Devi 6. Tetra Kunwar 7. Akma Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 03-07-2012 It is submitted that petitioner no. 2 has been arrested, hence, his application has become infructuous and accordingly, it is dismissed. Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the brother, sister, mother and uncle of the husband of the deceased are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after four years of the marriage for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19049 of 2012 (2) dt.03-07-2012 2/2 Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband of the deceased, who as per learned counsel for the petitioners will surrender within a period of six weeks, let the above named petitioners except petitioner no. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur (Bhabhua) in connection with Kudra P.S. Case No. 204 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioners will be accepted on surrender of the husband. 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.