Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39496 of 2011 (3) dt.23-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39496 of 2011 ====================================================== Rishupal Prasad S/O Parmanand Yadav Resident of Village- Chaura, Police Station- Daniawan, District- Patna .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 03. 23-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Daniyawan P.S. Case No. 77 of 2010 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner happens to be the husband of the deceased. The death having taken place within six months of marriage, I am not inclined to consider the prayer of the petitioner and the same is refused. The application is dismissed. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.