Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7488 of 2012 (2) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7488 of 2012 =================================================== Ganesh Choudhary S/o Late Keshav Choudhary R/o Village - Meghoul, Police Station - Pandaul, District - Madhubani .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 02. 05.07.2012 No one appears on behalf of the Petitioner. The Petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 26.06.2009 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Madhubani in G.R. Case No. 102 of 2009 by which he has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . I see no merit in the application. The same is dismissed. Vikash/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.