Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8438 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Punam Kumari D/O Hanse Rajbhar Resident Of Village- Udayrampur, P.S.- Chainpur, District- Kaimur (Bhabua) 2. Sundari Kumari D/O Hanse Rajbhar Resident Of Village- Udayrampur, P.S.- Chainpur, District- Kaimur (Bhabua) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after nine years of marriage. Considering the fact that main accusation is against the husband who is in custody, let petitioners named above be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Chainpur P.S. case no.247 of 2011 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8438 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 / 2 2 Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur, Bhabua, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. sudip/- (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.