Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24211 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24211 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Satto Mandal S/O Budho Mandal R/O Village - Naugachia Basa, P.S. Alam Nagar, District – Madhepura .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 10-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand subjecting cruelty for non-fulfillment of the demand and the dead body was found in a pond and it has been opined that she has been done to death by throttling, hence, the death is in suspicious circumstance within seven years of marriage. The charge has been framed and from the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, III, Madhepura, it is apparent that five witnesses have been examined, who supported the prosecution case. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, the trial may be expedited for early disposal preferably within nine months. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.