Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12863 of 2012 (2) dt.29-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12863 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramesh Prasad S/O Late Ram Khelawan Ram Resident Of Village- Chakand, P.S.- Chandouti, District- Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in connection with a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . As per prosecution case, the deceased died in the house of the petitioner where her husband was living since childhood. Considering the serious nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner and the same is rejected. Md.S./- (Ashwani 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.