Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20267 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Champa Devi, W/O Mahesh Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. 2. Gurdia Devi, W/O Ramjit Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. 3. Vikas Tiwari, S/O Mahesh Tiwari, Resident Of Village- Tiwarichak, P.S.- Fatehpur, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 05-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Petitioners are accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is the old mother-in-law of the deceased, whereas petitioner-2 is her gotani and petitioner no.3 is junior member of the family, namely devar and there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons, including the husband of the deceased, who is in custody and no specific overt act has been alleged against the petitioners as would be apparent from the F.I.R. itself. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioners above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20267 of 2012 (2) dt.05-06-2012 2 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 278 of 2011. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.