Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7605 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7605 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sheo Kumar Singh S/O Late Sri Kishun Singh Resident Of Village- Kapoordihara, P.S.- Tarari, Dist.- Bhojpur 2. Shakuntala Devi W/O Sheo Kumar Singh Resident Of Village- Kapoordihara, P.S.- Tarari, Dist.- Bhojpur .... .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the parents of the husband are languishing in custody since 31.08.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim for non-fulfilment of demand of dowry after five years of the marriage. It is submitted that the chargesheet has been submitted under Section 302/34 and ¾ of the D.P.Act. Considering the fact that the investigation is complete, let the above named two petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand)each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in Tarari P.S.Case No.32 of 2011. B.Kr./- (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.