Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38887 of 2011 (4) dt.28-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38887 of 2011 ====================================================== Kaulej Paswan, son of Ramesh Paswan, resident of village Guljarpur, P.S. Sahar, district Bhojpur .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 28-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand of dowry and subjecting cruelty and the victim was done to death. However, the clothes of the victim were recovered near a compound besmeared with blood and the dead body was found covered in the Sone river’s sand and the post mortem report disclosed that the death is due to throttling. The petitioner is the husband. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, a report was called from the trial Court and it has reported that the cognizance though taken on 13.07.2009 and the case was committed to the Court of session’s on 13.08.2009 and the charge has been framed on 14.05.2010, but, no witness has been examined uptill now. Hence, the trial Court is directed to conclude the trial within six months from the date of receipt of the order and if the trial is not concluded within six months then the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail, if the petitioner is not instrumental in delaying the disposal of the case. 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.