Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29578 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Yadav, S/O Nandeo Yadav, R/O Village- Rohiyar, P.S. Mansi, District- Khagaria. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tarun Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 3 03-10-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Mansi P.S. Case No.91 of 2009 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner happens to be the husband. Considering the circumstances his prayer was earlier rejected by order dated 26.7.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. No.25450 of 2010. The petitioner renewed his prayer in Cr. Misc. No.14775 of 2011 and which again was rejected by order dated 29.6.2011 with the rider to renew his prayer in case the trial did not conclude within a period of one year from the date of the order. This matter was taken up on 1.8.2012 when a report was called for from the trial court and which has since been received. It is reported that out of the 17 charge-sheet Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29578 of 2012 (3) dt.03-10-2012 2 witnesses five have been examined and the trial is likely to be concluded in nine months next. In the circumstances, no reason to interfere with the orders passed earlier. This application is dismissed. SKPathak/- (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.