Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24871 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24871 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Azad Alam, son of Md. Allauddin, resident of Villag- Tungi Sundra Karballa, Police Station- Bajirganj, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Complaint Case No. 1424 of 2010 registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner was subjecting cruelty and thrown her wife from matrimonial house and married with another lady Chunni Khatoon. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant with due dignity. The petitioner is in jail custody since 21. 05. 2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate Nawada, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1424 of 2010, subject to condition that Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24871 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 petitioner shall keep the complainant with due dignity and will neither assault her nor subject her to cruelty. However, any petition filed by the complainant about subjecting cruelty then bail bond of the petitioner shall be cancelled by the court below itself. However, it is made clear if the complainant shall not live with the petitioner and she file a petition for maintenance under Domestic Violence Act, then trial court shall dispose of the same within fifteen days from the date of filing of the petition. m.p. (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.