Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6049 of 2012 (3) dt.25-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6049 of 2012 ====================================================== Amarjit Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 25-04-2012 Supplementary affidavit is filed on behalf of the petitioner. 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 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of petitioner is that in course of investigation some witnesses stated that due to petty family feud, deceased committed suicide which is evident from perusal of paras 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the case diary. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Chand P.S. Case no. 80/2011 arising out of Sessions trial no. 5/2012 pending in the court of the Sessions Judge, Kaimur at Bhabua is rejected. However, the learned trial court is directed to conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible preferably within nine months from the date of receipt of this order. 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.