Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20315 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20315 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Hanshnath Yadav, 2. Lalmati Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents of the husband of the victim are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the sister of the informant by causing burn injury within few months of the marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that the victim was given the medical assistance and the injury was caused on 17.1.2012 when the victim died on 24.1.2012 when the husband’s fardbeyan was recorded, then the present complaint was lodged on 19.1.2012. Learned counsel for the State submits that the victim’s statement was not recorded. Considering the death within few months of the occurrence and the accusation against the petitioners, this court is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20315 of 2012 (3) dt.07-08-2012 not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to them. However, let learned court below consider the prayer of the petitioners for regular bail in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Darauli P.S. Case no. 17 of 2012 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Siwan. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (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.