Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18879 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 18879 of 2012 =================================================== 1. Md. Asgar @ Dablu @ Ali Asgar S/O Late Pallow Sah R/O Sahgora Tola, Ps.-Bhawanipur, Distt-Purnea 2. Bibi Talassum @ Sanjida Khatoon W/O Ali Azam @ Pappu R/O-Sahgoratola, P.S.-Bhawanipur, Distt-Purnea .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rehana W/O Md. Ikram R/O Aawliyabad, P.S.-Bihpur, Distt-Bhagalpur .... .... Opposite Party/s =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 02. 24.08.2012 The Petitioners seek quashing of the order dated 13.02.2012 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-I, Purnia in S.Tr. No. 917 of 2011 by which he has framed charges under [STATUTE] . The Petitioners seek quashing of the order on his defense which can not be gone into at this stage. Hence, the application is dismissed. Vikash/- (Anjana Prakash, 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.