Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3140 of 2012 Nanhak Yadav, son of late Raghunandan Yadav, resident of village Kakariya, P.s. Makhdumpur, district Jehanabad .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite party **** /2/ 23 January, 2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . There is specific allegation that Shanker Yadav, the husband of the deceased, demanded Rs.50,000/- for business. The petitioner is the father- in-law and aged about 65 years and there is nothing in case diary against petitioner as apparent in the order of the Sessions Judge. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 238 of 2011 to the satisfaction of Jehanabad. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, 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.