Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4648 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikash Kumar Singh & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-02-2012 Petitioners being younger brother and mother of the husband are languishing in custody since 12.12.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that during investigation the accusation was found false and final form was submitted, but differing with the same, cognizance has been taken. It appears that husband and father of the husband have been acquitted. Considering the same, let the petitioners namely 1. Vikash Kumar Singh 2. Parwati Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4648 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Dhansoi P.S. Case No. 19 of 2008, arising out of G.R. No. 647 of 2008. Shageer/- (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.