Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28027 of 2012 (3) dt.19-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28027 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 19.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 29.9.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this court vide order dated 16.9.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 18937/2011 with liberty to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail, if his trial is not concluded within the period of nine months on account of laches of the prosecution. The learned trial court has reported that charge was framed against the petitioner on 1.5.2012 and summons were issued to the prosecution witnesses but in spite of service of summons, they did not turn up and thereafter, learned trial court issued warrant of arrest but all went in vain. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Ajay Yadav, 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 4th Addl. Sessions Judge, Hilsa, Nalanda in Sessions trial no. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28027 of 2012 (3) dt.19-09-2012 121/2011 arising out of Hilsa (Karai Parsuarai) P.S. Case no. 359/2010. 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.