Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14715 of 2012 (3) dt.28-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14715 of 2012 ====================================================== Kusumkala Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 28.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being mother-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 12.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that father-in-law of the deceased has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by another bench of this court and the case of the petitioner is on similar footing. It is further contended by him that the marriage of the deceased had taken place more than seven years ago and, as a matter of fact, no case under [STATUTE] is made out. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Kusumkala Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in Jalley P.S. Case no. 141/2011. 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.