Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36756 of 2012 (3) dt.06-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36756 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 06.11.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Though the case against the petitioner was registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act but after investigation, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the petitioner is husband of the deceased and his marriage was solemnized with the deceased on 5.5.2009 whereas the deceased died under mysterious circumstance on 25.12.2011 i.e. within two years of her marriage. In course of investigation, witnesses stated that the deceased committed suicide and at the time of alleged occurrence only the deceased was present in her matrimonial home. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that one co– accused Ulli Ram @ Bijendra Ram has already been granted privilege of bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Vijay Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Adhoc. Addl. Sessions Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36756 of 2012 (3) dt.06-11-2012 Judge V, Bhojpur, Ara in Sessions trial no. 165/2012 arising out of Tarari P.S. Case no. 01/2012. Shahid (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.