Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40897 of 2011 (3) dt.03-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40897 of 2011 ====================================================== Gautam Das, S/o Lutan Das, Vill.-Amarpur,P.S.-Barauni,Dist.-Begusarai .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN) 03. 03-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Barauni (Chakiya O.P.) P.S. Case No. 88 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. The death having been occurred in unnatural circumstances within a year of marriage. Learned counsel for the petitioner, with reference to the inquest report and the postmortem report, submits that a plastic wire was recovered from the place of occurrence and the postmortem report shows ligature mark on the neck of the deceased opining the death by hanging. It is further stated that as the postmortem report does not show any sign of external injury on the deceased, the same indicates towards being a case Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40897 of 2011 (3) dt.03-02-2012 of suicide. Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel, let the petitioner Gautam Das be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Barauni (Chakiya O.P.) P.S. Case No. 88 of 2011. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.