Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11413 of 2012 (4) dt.19-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11413 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nand Kishore Patel @ Bhim Patel S/O Sharda Patel Resident Of Village- Sherawa Bhuski, Police Station- Matiaria, District- West Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted under [STATUTE] . The allegation is that within three years of marriage the victim was done to death. Soon before death she was being subjected to cruelty for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. The petitioner is in custody since 19.9.2011. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the deceased committed suicide after locking herself inside a room. The door was broken and she was taken out. However, by the time she could be taken out, she had already died. The police on conclusion of investigation submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] . No report regarding suicide was ever made to the police and the dead body was hurriedly disposed of. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11413 of 2012 (4) dt.19-04-2012 In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. At this stage it is stated that the case has already been committed to the court of sessions for trial. The court below is directed to expedite the trial. Md.S./- (Ashwani 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.