Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.865 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.865 of 2012 ====================================================== Lohari Manjhi & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are languishing in custody since 08.08.2011 and 26.08.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of demand of dowry. Suspicion has been raised against the petitioners since her house was closed when the petitioners visited the in-laws of victim. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation against the husband, let the petitioners Lohari Manjhi and Wakil Manjhi be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Masaurhi in connection with Masaurhi P.S. Case No. 143 of 2006. U. K. (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.