Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27511 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27511 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rudal Ram, son of Late Lakhan Ram 2. Heeramuni Devi, wife of Rudal Ram, both residents of Village Rasulpur, South Tola, Police Station, Rasulpur, District Saran. .... .... 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 VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 2 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners are in custody since 19.2.2012 in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 124 of 2011 for the alleged offences under [STATUTE] . 3. The allegation is with regard to killing of the informant’s daughter by the petitioners who are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased respectively and other family members. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegations are hearsay and nothing else. Moreover, the petitioners are already in custody for about five months. 5. On going through the FIR, however, it is noticed that Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27511 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 there are some specific allegation against these petitioners with regard to demand of dowry, torture and killing. As stated by the learned Additional Sessions Judge while rejecting the petitioner’s bail petition, several witnesses have fully supported the prosecution case, and the charge sheet has also been submitted. 6. In the above circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage. The petition is accordingly dismissed. Chandran (Vikash Jain, 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.