Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12104 of 2012 (3) dt.20-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12104 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Churaman Yadav S/O Tilak Yadav Resident Of Village- Gani Pipra, Police Station- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The allegation made in the first information report is that the victim was killed in her matrimonial home and a false information of natural death was given to her family members. When her family members arrived, the house was found locked. They informed the police. The police recovered the dead body from burning Ghat. The dead body of the deceased was sent for postmortem examination. The postmortem examination confirmed the death to be homicidal one. Considering the nature of allegation and the relationship of the petitioner with the deceased, I am not inclined to grant bail. The prayer for bail is, accordingly, dismissed. The learned concerned Magistrate is directed to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12104 of 2012 (3) dt.20-04-2012 immediately commit the case to the court of sessions for trial. 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.