Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4491 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyam Narayan Singh & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Petitioners being parents of the husband are languishing in custody since 18.10.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that after four years of the marriage the victim was killed for non fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that husband has informed about the death to the informant’s side and husband is in custody. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Shyam Narayan Singh 2. Jeera Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4491 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 2 / 2 2 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Daudnagar, Aurangabad in connection with Obra P.S. Case No. 141 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.