Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.545 of 2012 (3) dt.16-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.545 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjit Singh @ Sanjit Kumar Singh @ Sanjit Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 16-02-2012 Petitioner being elder brother of the husband is languishing in custody since 14.10.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that after six years of the marriage the victim was killed for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, let the petitioner namely Sanjit Singh @ Sanjit Kumar Singh @ Sanjit Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Jamui P.S. Case No. 228 of 2009. Shageer/- (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.