Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20894 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20894 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Yamuna Yadav, S/O Late Hal Singh, R/O Village - Daudnagar, P.S. Daudnagar, Ward No.07, District - Aurangabad 2. Vinod Yadav, S/O Yamuna Yadav, R/O Village - Daudnagar, P.S. Daudnagar, Ward No.07, District - Aurangabad .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2 07-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Petitioners are accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is the father-in-law whereas petitioner no. 2 is the elder brother-in-law of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that no specific overt act has been alleged against the petitioners whereas the in-laws of the deceased always treated her very nicely but unfortunately she got burn injury while cooking on the gas burner whereafter the petitioners and others took immediate step for her treatment and hospitalized her whereafter she was taken to PMCH by Government Ambulance and was admitted in the private nursing home for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20894 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 better treatment but she could not survive and died and was cremated in presence of the informant and only subsequent to it the informant had filed the case on frivolous allegations. Learned counsel for the petitioners also avers that the husband of the deceased is still in custody whereas the other members of the family have already been enlarged on bail as their petition for anticipatory bail had been allowed by a Bench of this Court. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Daudnagar, Aurangabad, Bihar in connection with Daudnagar P.S. Case No. 160 of 2011. Md. Ibrarul/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.