Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25006 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pune Choudhary @ Pun Choudhary S/O Late Sukan Choudhary Resident Of Village Tetaria, P.S- Muffasil, District- Gaya. 2. Phoolwa Devi @ Phoolmatiya Devi W/O Pune Choudhary Resident Of Village- Tetaria, P.S- Muffasil, District- Gaya .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 18-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioners are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omni bus allegation against the petitioners and they are in jail since 28.03.2012. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000 (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 238 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.