Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18887 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18887 of 2012 ====================================================== Garbhu Sahni @ Garbhu Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 18.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 6.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that marriage of the deceased with the son of the petitioner took place in the year 2006 whereas the deceased died in the year 2011 and furthermore, contention on behalf of the petitioner is that petitioner is residing separately from husband of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Garbhu Sahni @ Garbhu Rai, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Ist Addl. Sessions Judge, Samastipur in Sessions trial no. 112/2012 arising out of Musarigharary P.S. Case no. 68/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.