Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3205 of 2012 ====================================================== Sahibul Khatoon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being mother of the husband is apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non fulfillment of dowry demand within one year of the marriage. It appears that accusation of making demand is against the husband and father. The records reflect that the father of the husband has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 44240 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, this Court sees no reason for the learned court below to give similar privilege to the petitioner provided the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in Musahari P.S. Case no. 75 of 2010 pending Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3205 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 2 / 2 2 in the court of C.J.M. Muzaffarpur. It is expected that the bail petition will be disposed of preferably on the same day, if possible. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.