Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36572 of 2011 ====================================================== Ramesh Sharma, son of late Baikunth Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ashok Kr. Singh-I, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH) 4. 27.1.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Considering that the petitioner is the brother-in-law of the deceased and did not even reside in the same house where the deceased was residing, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Shahpur (Danapur) P.S. case No.134 of 2009 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Shri Sanjiv Kumar Rai, J.M. 1st class, Danapur, District Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as also conditions (i) That one of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36572 of 2011 (4) dt.27-01-2012 2 bailor will giving genealogy as to how he is related with be a close relative of the petitioner who will give an affidavit the petitioner. The bailor will undertake to furnish information to the Court about any change in address of the petitioner, (ii) That the petitioner will give an undertaking that he will receive the police papers on the given date and be present on date fixed for charge and if he fails to do so on two given dates and delays the trial in any manner, his bail will be liable to be cancelled for reasons of misuse, (iii) That the petitioner will be well represented on each date if he fails to do so on two consecutive dates, his bail will be liable to be cancelled. Narendra/ ( 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.