Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28736 of 2011 (4) dt.24-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28736 of 2011 ====================================================== Pramod Yadav & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 24-02-2012 The petitioner apprehends his/her arrest in connection with Chhatapur P.S. Case No. 31/2011 for offences under [STATUTE] , pending before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul. There is no representation on behalf of the petitioners after waiting from pre lunch session to post lunch session. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State is present. Accordingly, this application stands dismissed for non-prosecution. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.