Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7609 of 2012 ====================================================== Jimdar Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is languishing in custody since 21.12.2010 in connection with Session Trial No. 58 of 2011 arising out of Bagengola P.S. Case No. 06 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-V, Buxar. The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand after three years of the marriage. It appears from the impugned order that five witnesses have already been examined. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that even the informant has not supported the prosecution the case. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7609 of 2012 (2) dt.13-03-2012 2 / 2 2 It is expected from the learned court below to conclude the trial within a period of six months. If the trial will not be concluded within a period of six month then the petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after seven months. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. 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.