Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36899 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kaushalya Devi W/O Sri Ram Choudhary Resident Of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. 2. Sri Ram Choudhary Son Of Late Nanhaku Choudhary Resident Of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. 3. Rohit Kumar @ Rohit Kumar Choudhary Son Of Sri Ram Choudhary Resident of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents and brother of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 323, 327, 380/34 of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the D. P. Act. It is alleged that subsequently the complainant died when the case under [STATUTE] . was also lodged in which the petitioner no.1 was granted anticipatory bail and petitioner nos. 2 and 3 were granted regular bail. In view of the factual background, it is a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36899 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2 / 2 2 fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Complaint Case No. 1442(C) of 2010 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Bhojpur, Ara. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioners. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar 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.