Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44053 of 2011 (3) dt.10-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44053 of 2011 ====================================================== Leela Devi .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 10.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Taking into consideration that petitioner being mother-in- law of the deceased is in jail custody since 16.6.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] whereas husband of the petitioner has already been granted privilege of bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 23.1.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 951/2012, let the petitioner, Leela Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity, Patna in Fatuha P.S. Case no. 258/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.