Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43433 of 2011 (2) dt.27-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43433 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Manoj Singh, Son of Jagdish Singh 2. Ram Prasad Singh, Son of Late Billar Singh 3. Dhananjay Singh, Son of Ramprit Singh 4. Baby Kumari, Daughter of Ramprit Singh 5. Rekha Kumari, Daughter of Ramprit Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. M.K. Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Rita Verma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH) 2. 27.1.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Considering that initially an U.D. case was instituted in the matter and the petitioners are co-villagers and minor sisters-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Jalalpur P.S. case No.24 of 2010 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra, subject to the conditions as laid down Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43433 of 2011 (2) dt.27-01-2012 under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as also conditions (i) That one of the bailor will be a close relative of the petitioners who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioners. The bailor will undertake to furnish information to the Court about any change in address of the petitioners. (ii) That the petitioners will give an undertaking that they will receive the police papers on the given date and be present on date fixed for charge and if they fail to do so on two given dates and delays the trial in any manner, their bail will be liable to be cancelled for reasons of misuse, (iii) That the petitioners will be well represented on each date if they fail to do so on two consecutive dates, their bail will be liable to be cancelled. Narendra/ ( Anjana Prakash, 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.