Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5478 of 2012 (4) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5478 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Paswan, son of Budel Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 4 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in connection with Session Trial No. 1146/2011 arising out of K. Hat (Madhubani) P.S. Case No. 234/2011 pending before Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. – I, Purnea, for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case being husband of deceased daughter of the informant who died under unnatural circumstance within four years of her marriage after suffering a lot for demand of dowry, torture etc. Submission is of false implication without any material. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5478 of 2012 (4) dt.03-05-2012 Having regard to the facts and circumstances and causes behind the death as reported during autopsy, for the present, prayer of regular bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. Simultaneously, trial court is directed to proceed expeditiously and avoid undue delay and unnecessary adjournments. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.