Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21412 of 2012 (4) dt.30-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21412 of 2012 ====================================================== Sheo Shankar Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 30.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 17.3.2012 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] but later on, charge sheet was submitted under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, the aforesaid case was registered on the basis of fardbeyan of the husband of the deceased who stated that while he along with the deceased was going, some unknown persons robbed them and committed murder of the deceased but in course of investigation, it appears that the deceased was killed for lust of dowry. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Sheo Shankar Prasad, 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 Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati (Gaya) in Kothi P.S. Case no. 12/2011. 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.