Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19147 of 2012 (3) dt.16-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19147 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 16.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Originally, case was registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D.P. Act but after investigation police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, at the time of alleged occurrence, victim was residing at her parents home and it is stated that petitioner took the victim from her school and after that victim was found missing. No doubt, some witnesses claimed to have seen the petitioner taking away the victim but considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chandan Yadav, 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 Addl. Sessions Judge FTC No. I, Khagaria in S.C. no. 46/2012 arising out of Beldour P.S. Case no. 47/2011. 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.