Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14852 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14852 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sumitra Devi , 2. Manoj Kamti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no. 1 being mother of the husband and petitioner no.2 being the husband himself are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after two years of the marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against petitioner no. 2, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him. The prayer of petitioner no. 2 for anticipatory bail is rejected. In view of the fact that husband of petitioner no. 1 has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No.5532 of 2011, this Court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14852 of 2012 (2) dt.23-04-2012 similar relief to the petitioner no. 1 in case she surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Ghanshyampur P.S. Case o. 131 of 2010 pending in the court of SDJM, Benipur, Darbhanga. 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.