Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42899 of 2011 (3) dt.16-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42899 of 2011 ====================================================== Samsul Hoda S/O Sheikh Mukhtar R/O Vill. Belbania, P.S. Mainatand, Distt. West Champaran .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 03. 16-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Trial No. 478 of 2011 arising from Mainatand P.S. Case No. 14 of 2009 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Considering the circumstances that the petitioner happens to be the elder brother of the husband of the deceased, let the petitioner Samsul Hoda be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri A.K. Pathak, learned Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Trial No. 478 of 2011 arising from Mainatand P.S. Case No. 14 of 2009 subject to the condition that the petitioner shall ensure his representation before the court below on each and every date fixed in the case and the failure on the part of the petitioner to ensure his representation on two consecutive dates fixed without reasonable explanation to the satisfaction of the court below, would entitle the court concerned to cancel his bail bonds and to take him into custody. 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.