Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1418 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1418 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramdeo Sahani 2. Akalu Sahni 3. Kalawati Devi .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the agnates of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the marriage was performed 61/2 years prior to the occurrence and out of the wedlock there were one daughter and two sons to the victim. Though, there is accusation of demand of dowry, but considering the fact that the petitioners are not the close family members of the husband, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1418 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Turkaulia (Banjariya) P.S. Case No. 223/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.