Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34676 of 2012 (2) dt.18-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34676 of 2012 ====================================================== Kailee Devi @ Kaili Devi, wife of Late Bateshwar Yadav, R/o village Ghiyahi, P.S.Belhar,Distt-Bana. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2. 18-09-2012. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. This application has been filed for grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is an accused in Belhar (Khesar) P.S.Case No.56 of 2011 (Sessions Trial No.797 of 2012) for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific allegation of demand of dowry against the petitioner who is the mother-in-law. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above-named, is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Ist Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Banka in connection with Belhar (Khesar) P.S.Case No. 56 of 2011 (Sessions Trial No.797 of 2012). ahk/- (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.