Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44171 of 2011 (3) dt.08-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44171 of 2011 ====================================================== Jamwant Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER ----------- 03/ 08.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Admittedly, deceased died on 2.7.2010 whereas complaint case was filed on 23.8.2010 and after that Chand P.S. Case no. 77/2010 was registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, no doubt, petitioner is husband of the deceased but marriage of the petitioner with the deceased had taken place ten years ago and moreover, after investigation police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Jamwant Singh, 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, Kaimur at Bhabua in Chand P.S. Case no. 77/2010. 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.