Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4141 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kusuma Devi 2. Sadhu Saran Prasad. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. J.K. Poddar. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Birendra Kr. Adv. For the State : Mr. Uma Shankar Pd. Singh, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the parents of the husband are languishing in custody since 29.11.2011 and 23.09.2011 respectively in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment for the dowry demand after thee years of the marriage. It is also alleged that the husband has performed second marriage. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation is against the husband who, as per counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4141 of 2012 (2) dt.13-02-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioners, is in custody, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 103 of 2011. Amrendra/- (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.