Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1664 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raghunath Singh S/O Kishundeo Singh Resident Of Village- Dighra, P.S- Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur. 2. Pramod Kumar S/O Raghunath Singh Resident Of Village- Dighra, P.S- Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the father and elder brother of the husband are languishing in custody since 28.10.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of dowry demand when the marriage was performed in 2005. The certified copy of the final form has been produced which reflects that only husband was charge-sheeted and rest accused persons were not sent up for trial but differing with the same the cognizance has been taken. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1664 of 2012 (2) dt.31-01-2012 2/2 namely Raghunath Singh and Pramod Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 348 of 2011. DKS/ (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.