Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7346 of 2012 (3) dt.16-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7346 of 2012 ====================================================== Bipat Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 16.03.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 30.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, marriage of the deceased had taken place with the petitioner six years ago and after marriage, deceased gave birth to two children. It is alleged that the petitioner and his other family members administered poison to the deceased due to non-fulfilment of illegal demand of dowry but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that deceased died of her natural death and the informant when later on, came to know the real fact, she filed a petition before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur and this court after considering the aforesaid circumstance has already granted privilege of anticipatory bail to other co-accused persons vide order dated 9.2.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 34522/2011. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Bipat Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7346 of 2012 (3) dt.16-03-2012 the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Vaishali P.S. Case no. 204/2011. 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.