Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6907 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6907 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sriniwas Ram Son of Late Amir Chand Ram 2. Ishwar Ram son of Sriniwas Ram Both R/o village- Babhangama (Agarpura), P.S.- Barhara, District- Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Akhileshwar Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER 2 15-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. The petitioners are in custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . A written report was given by Ramkeshwar Ram that he married his daughter Kajal Kumari one and half years prior to the occurrence with Suraj Ram the son of the petitioner no. 1 and brother of petitioner no. 2. After marriage she was being pressurized to bring one motorcycle by way of additional dowry. When that was not given then she was killed. Submission is that the petitioners are separate from the family of the husband of the deceased. The husband of the deceased is already in custody. There is no specific allegation against these petitioners. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6907 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners above named are directed to be released on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M./concerned Court, Bhojpur in connection with Barhara P.S. Case No. 214 of 2011. avin/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.