Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37723 of 2012 (2) dt.03-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37723 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Afroz Ansari Resident Of Village Bhanachak, Police Station Majhauliya, District West Champaran (Bettiah). 2. Seraj Ansari @ Saroj Ansari Resident Of Village Bhanachak, Police Station Majhauliya, District West Champaran (Bettiah). .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being husband and brother in law of the victim are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Initially the FIR was lodged by father of the victim alleging that the informant’s daughter was married with the petitioner no. 1 on 4.5.2007 and subsequently the daughter of the informant was killed on 10.7.2007. It is submitted that during investigation the victim’s statement was recorded where she did not allege anything against these petitioners then the police submitted final form and subsequently on protest cognizance has been taken. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37723 of 2012 (2) dt.03-10-2012 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with complaint case no. 1008 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.