Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9371 of 2012 (5) dt.08-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9371 of 2012 ====================================================== Bikash Bind .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05/ 08.05.2012 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 23.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, marriage of the petitioner had taken place eight months ago with the deceased and the time of alleged occurrence the deceased was at her parental home. Although there is allegation against the petitioner that he used to torture the deceased on account of non-fulfillment of his illegal demand and forcibly administered poison to the deceased but in course of investigation, it came to light that at the time of alleged occurrence petitioner assaulted the deceased and the post mortem report does not disclose any external injury on the person of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Bikash Bind, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in Sare P.S. Case no. 89/2011. 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.