Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22939 of 2012 (2) dt.25-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22939 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shyam Chaudhary S/O Makeshwar Chaudhary Resident Of Village Navee Nagar, Kakrar, P.S. Ariari, District Sheikhpura .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. S.R. Haque, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 25-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that there is demand and subjecting cruelty and the deceased was done to death. However, from the perusal of the order by which the Session's Judge rejected the bail application of the petitioner, it appears that the deceased died of diarrohea and the dead body was disposed off before the arrival of naiher people without informing the police or without conducting the post mortem. The petitioner is the husband. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. The prayer for bail is rejected. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.