Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44123 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44123 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramjee Singh S/O Late Radha Govind Singh R/O Veer Kuer Singh Colony, P.S.-Town(Hajipur), Distt-Vaishali .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. S.C.Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-12-2012 Heard Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. S.C. Mishra, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in custody in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. case No. 338 of 2011 disclosing offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The First Information Report was instituted on the basis of the statement made by the brother of the deceased in which there is no allegation against the petitioner, who is father-in-law of the deceased and therefore, he is not named in the First Information Report. It seems that prior to institution of the FIR the deceased Pratima Devi is said to have made statement on 18.5.2011 to the effect that in-laws including this petitioner set her on fire, leading Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44123 of 2012 (2) dt.13-12-2012 to the burn injury. Said Pratima Devi died on 30.5.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on bare perusal of the said statement dated 18.5.2011, it will appear that it could not be the statement made by the deceased; rather the same was given by some other person. In view of the above, let the petitioner Ramjee Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. case No. 338 of 2011. Arun Kumar/- (Chakradhari Sharan 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.