Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24760 of 2012 (2) dt.18-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24760 of 2012 ====================================================== Navnit Yadav & Ors .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 18.07.2012 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to make necessary correction in the petition within the course of the day. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are prosecuted for the offence under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, petitioner no. 1 is cousin father-in law, petitioner no. 2 is father-in law and petitioner no. 3 is mother-in law of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that husband of the deceased has already been sent to jail custody and moreover, in post mortem examination, no sign of any external injury was found on the person of the deceased and cause of death could not be ascertained. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners, Navnit Yadav @ Navit Yadav, Shrawan Yadav and Dharmshila Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 3rd Addl. Sessions Judge, Hilsa in Sessions trial no. 189/2012 arising out of Hilsa P.S. Case no. 102/2011. 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.