Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5149 of 2012 (4) dt.10-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5149 of 2012 ====================================================== Anil Thakur @Kaushal @ Anil Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 10.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 26.8.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and earlier his prayer for bail was rejected by this court vide order dated 20.7.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 7129/2011 with direction to the court in seisin to commit the case of the petitioner in accordance with law. The Addl. Sessions Judge FTC no. III, Madhubani reported vide letter no. 96/ 12 dated 17.4.2012 that charges have already been framed against the petitioner on 27.9.2011 but up till now, not a single prosecution witness has been examined though processes to procure attendance of the prosecution witnesses have already been issued. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner drew my attention towards para 5 of the impugned order and submitted that in course of investigation some witnesses stated that deceased committed suicide out of frustration. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Anil Thakur @ Kaushal @ Anil Kumar, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5149 of 2012 (4) dt.10-05-2012 amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Pandaul P.S. Case no. 104/2010. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.