Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3128 of 2012 Shanti Devi, wife of Rajendra Thakur, resident of village, Shiv Nagar, P.S. Bairginia, district Sitamarhi .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite party **** /2/ 23 January, 2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. There is allegation that samdhi, Rajendra Thakur, demanded money, which is omni bus, and the husband of the petitioner, who happens to be father-in-law, has been acquitted in trial bearing S. Tr. No. 599 of 2010. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Bairginia P.S. Case No. 89 of 2010 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, subject to the condition that she will cooperate with the police during investigation. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, 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.