Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40621 of 2011 (4) dt.05-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40621 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Most. Sago Devi , W/O Late Jawahar Lal Singh. 2. Jaywanti devi @ Jayanti Devi @ Jaybati Devi, W/O Sohan Lal Singh. 3. Renuka Kumari @ Renu Kumari, D/O Sohan Lal Singh. 4. Chameli Devi, W/o Subhash Prasad singh. All residents of Village- Sahpur, P.S. Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj. 5. Bijli Devi, W/O Chaitlal Singh. 6. Nilam Kumari, D/O Bahadur Lal Singh. 7. Putul Devi, W/O Bhutka Singh. All are of Village- Thurara, P.S. Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 05-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kochadhaman P.S. Case No. 52 of 2011 (G.R.No. 398 of 2011), registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand and subjecting cruelty against these petitioners. However, it has been alleged that victim used to live at the house of her maternal grand father and grand mother of the husband of the victim and the occurrence took place at the house of maternal grand father of the husband of the victim. The victim has been done to death by the petitioners on burn injury. However, there is no overt act against these petitioners regarding demand and subjecting cruelty. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40621 of 2011 (4) dt.05-04-2012 Under the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj, in connection with Kochadhaman P.S. Case No. 52 of 2011, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. m.p. (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.