Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44015 of 2011 Laxman Paswan, S/O-Late Tapeshar Paswan Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 16.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Admittedly, petitioner is cousin father-in-law of the deceased and is languishing in jail custody since 15.09.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner does not have any concern with the affairs of in-laws of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Turkaulia P.S. Case No. 177 of 2011. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.