Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42134 of 2011 (5) dt.19-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42134 of 2011 ====================================================== Ramawati Devi, wife of Late Punyadeo Pandey, resident of Village- Telkathu, P.S. M. H. Nagar, Hasanpura, District- Siwan. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 19-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Hussainganj (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case No. 102 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased. However, there is allegation that since the time of marriage Ajay Kumar Pandey, the husband of the deceased used to demand a motorcycle. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific allegation against this petitioner and husband of the deceased is already in jail custody. It has further referred in para 73 of the Case Diary that victim herself set on fire on sprinkle kerosene oil on her body. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42134 of 2011 (5) dt.19-06-2012 the above named petitioner in the event of her arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Hussainganj (M.H. Nagar) P.S. Case No.102 of 2011, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. m.p. (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.