Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8683 of 2012 (3) dt.20-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8683 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Nagendra Yadav S/O Late Tori Yadav R/O Vill-Kakaria, P.S.Noorsarai, Distt-Nalanda .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is husband of the deceased and the police upon investigation found the case to be true under [STATUTE] as well as the fact that the dead body of the deceased was hurriedly disposed of which could not be located by the police in course of investigation, the prayer for bail is rejected. It is submitted at this stage that the case is still pending before the learned Magistrate. In that view of the matter, the learned Magistrate concerned is directed to immediately commit the case to the court of sessions for trial and once the record is received in the court of sessions, the trial may be expedited. 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.