Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.153 of 2012 (3) dt.21-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.153 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Girjesh Singh @ Girjesh Kumar Singh S/O Jaweshwer Singh Resident Of Village- Simri, Police Station- Amas, District- Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 21-02-2012 Heard the learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner being the husband is languishing in custody since 21.6.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing the victim after six years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that subsequently the informant retracted from his own version. Considering the nature of accusation, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, the petitioner is at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after examination of the informant in Amas P.S. case No. 76 of 2011 pending in the Court of SDJM, Sherghati (Gaya). Arun Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.