Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4192 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jhabad Mahto @ Jhabar Mahto S/O Gauari Mahto R/O Khajuriya, P.S.- Govindganj, Dist.- East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the elder brother of the husband is languishing in custody since 03.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of dowry demand by putting her on fire. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since the informant did not support the accusation, hence the father of the husband has been acquitted vide Sessions Trial No. 573 of 2005. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4192 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2/2 each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sadar Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Trial No. 2018 of 2011 arising out of Govindganj P.S. Case No. 59 of 2002. The learned court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail of the petitioner if he defaults for three consecutive occasions. DKS/ (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.