Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33581 of 2011 ====================================================== Pappu Pandit S/O Om Prakash Pandit R/O Kath Ke Pul ( Dhal Ke Nicche ), P.S. Mehdiganj, District - Patna .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 04. 02-03-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Mehandiganj P.S. Case No. 39 of 2010 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the F.I.R. submits that a plain reading thereof shows that neither there is any reference of dowry demand by this petitioner nor the victim at any stage did inform the informant of administration of poison by this petitioner. He thus submits that the involvement of this petitioner is only by reason of his status as the husband. Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel, let the petitioner Pappu Pandit 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 Additional Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33581 of 2011 (4) dt.02-03-2012 2 District Judge-III, Patna City, Patna in connection with Mehandiganj P.S. Case No. 39 of 2010, Sessions Trial No. 988 of 2011 arising from G.R. No. 1886 of 2010. 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.