Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44519 of 2011 (4) dt.27-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44519 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Shambhu Prasad S/O Late Arbind Kumar R/O Village - Fatepur , P.S. - Hilsa ( Karai ) District - Nalanda .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Rewati Kant Raman, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 27-03-2012 Heard 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 of dowry and subjecting cruelty for non-fulfillment of the demand. It is alleged that the victim was done to death and the dead body was disposed off. The petitioner is the husband of the victim. In the case diary it has come that the victim died of by the poisoning, as apparent from the different paragraphs 42, 43 and other paragraphs of the case diary. The dead body was disposed off without informing the public authority or the naiher people of the victim. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in jail since 02.09.2011. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, if the trial is not concluded within a year then the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail. 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.