Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37613 of 2011 (4) dt.11-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37613 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Md. Zakir Ansari S/O Sharif Ansari Resident Of Village- Muslimabad, P.S.- Haspura, District- Aurangabad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 11-05-2012 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 Rs.50,000/- and subjecting to cruelty and for non-fulfillment of the demand the victim has been done to death and the charge sheet has been submitted against the petitioner. The learned counsel for the State submits that the injury report shows 91% burn injury, however, the petitioner is in jail since 01.10.2010. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected at this stage. If the trial is not concluded within one year, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail. 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.