Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5410 of 2011 (2) dt.28-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5410 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Pawan Bhandari son of Ganesh Bhandari 2. Satish Bhandari son of Ganesh Bhanari 3. Ganesh Bhandari son of Late Mangal Bhandari 4. Gayatri Devi wife of Ganesh Bhandari All are residents of village-Bhandari, P.s.-Belsand, Distt.-Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Virendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 28-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. In this case, petitioners are challenging the order dated 5.6.2010 passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in Belsand P.S. Case No. 46/2009. The cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It appears from the record that there is an allegation of demand dowry from victim lady Pinki Devi and later on it has been alleged that the petitioners killed the victim lady, Pinki Devi when demand of dowry could not be satisfied. I do not find any error in the order of cognizance. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. Mahesh/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.