Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11791 of 2012 (4) dt.27-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11791 of 2012 ====================================================== Dilip Kumar Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 27.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 3.1.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that informant had taken some money from the petitioner and when petitioner demanded the aforesaid money, an altercation took place between them which caused annoyance to the deceased who committed suicide by consuming poison and that is the reason of cause of death of the deceased which was ascertained at the time of post mortem examination. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Harlakhi P.S. Case no. 33/2011 pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani is, hereby, rejected. It appears that case of the petitioner is still pending in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11791 of 2012 (4) dt.27-06-2012 court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani is, hereby, directed to commit the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within three weeks from the date of receipt of this order and after commitment, the trial court shall try to conclude the trial of the petitioner within nine months from the date of commitment order. It is made clear that if the trial of the petitioner is not concluded within the above stated period, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail. Let a copy of this order be sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Harlakhi P.S. Case no. 33/2011 through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. 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.