Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33066 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Indu Devi W/O Maheshwar Poddar R/O Village - Kulhariya, P.S. - Parbatta, District - Khagaria 2. Seema Devi W/O Sanjeev Kumar R/O Village - Kulhariya, P.S. - Parbatta, District - Khagaria 3. Ranju Devi W/O Pawan Poddar R/O Village - Kulhariya, P.S. - Parbatta, District - Khagaria .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are stated to be accused in a Police case under [STATUTE] . The victim is stated to have been married four years earlier and had a minor child of three years. As per the First Information Report she was burnt in her matrimonial home. The earlier application for anticipatory bail was withdrawn on 26.11.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that subsequently the husband of the deceased and the father-in- law have been acquitted in the Sessions trial. The Court has been taken through the judgment of the sessions Court in a serious trial under [STATUTE] . The judgment is barely in one page, the rest only referring to the facts. The Court refrains from any Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33066 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 2 / 2 2 observations with regard to the same which may prejudice the petitioner. Suffice it to hold that on the own showing of the petitioner they fall in the category of absconder after the rejection of the earlier prayer for anticipatory bail. If they want the benefit of the acquittal, that is an aspect to be considered in regular bail only. The application is dismissed. P. Kumar/- (Navin Sinha, 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.