Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37447 of 2011 (3) dt.01-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37447 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Geeta Devi Daughter Of Ganeshi Sah Resident Of Village - Bhagwanpur, P.S. - Banama Irahari, District – Saharsa .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 01-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is the sautan of the victim-deceased, however, there is only general and vague allegation that the husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, bhaisur and sautan used to subject her to cruelty and killed the victim-deceased. There is no eye witness to the occurrence and there is general and omni bus allegation about subjecting cruelty. The husband has already been granted bail in Cr. Misc. No. 37426 of 2011. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender of the petitioner, he is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, within four weeks, from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case No. 12 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. SA/- (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.