Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29479 of 2011 (3) dt.31-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29479 of 2011 ====================================================== Sulekha Devi @ Chano Devi Santosh Kumar R/O,Sahopur,P.S.- Kadirganj,District-Patna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA) 3 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, apprehends her arrest in connection with Kadirganj P.S. Case No. 30/2011 for offences under [STATUTE] , is one of the named accused in this case being first wife of husband of deceased sister of the informant who died under unnatural circumstances after suffering a lot. Submission is that in fact the victim had also been earlier married with another one Santosh, son of Krishna Prasad of village – Pokharpur, but somehow or other husband of the petitioner was entangled with her. Subsequently as emerged during investigation some dispute occurred and victim herself consumed poison in spite of best efforts providing due treatment by the husband and others she could not survive. Petitioner had no role to play. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29479 of 2011 (3) dt.31-01-2012 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of her arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, let the above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi, Patna, in connection with Kadirganj P.S. Case No. 30/2011, subject to condition under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, further additional condition to attend the court regularly for two years or till disposal of the case, whichever is earlier, in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.