Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21982 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Deban Sah S/O Sukhdeb Sah R/O Village - Sashan, Police Station - Hasanpur, District - Samastipur .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 07-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is an accused in Khanpur P.S.Case No. 131 of 2007 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the entire allegation is absolutely false and frivolous and the deceased had a wayward life for which the petitioner who was her husband and his father used to object and being annoyed, she took poison herself and nobody killed her. He also submits that even the children of the deceased stated that their mother herself took poison while their father was not at home. Learned counsel further submits that in the said circumstances, chargesheet has been submitted by the police under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21982 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 2 Code and the petitioner is in custody since February 2012. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Khanpur P.S.Case No.131 of 2007. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.