Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5406 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5406 of 2012 ====================================================== Nirmal Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-02-2012 Petitioner being father of the husband is languishing in custody since 30.09.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation was of killing the victim either by poisoning or by throttling. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that informant has subsequently retracted from initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before learned Court below. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, let the petitioner namely Nirmal Singh, 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, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Ara(M) (Dhobaha O.P.) P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011. 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.