Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22001 of 2011 (4) dt.18-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22001 of 2011 ====================================================== Sharwan Chaudhary, S/O-Budhan Chaudhary .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) 4 18-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although, deceased died within one year of her marriage in other than normal circumstances but perusal of case diary reveals that when deceased was not allowed to go to her natal place, she consumed poison. Although, police after investigation has submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] but considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as this aspect of the matter that no external injury was found on the person of the deceased, let the petitioner be released on bail on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22001 of 2011 (4) dt.18-01-2012 furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-V, Nawada in connection with Sessions Trial No. 593 of 2010/167 of 2010 arising out of Sirdala P.S. Case No. 29 of 2010. SHAHZAD ANWER/- (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.