IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6943 of 2011 Sanjay Choudhary Versus The State Of Bihar -------- 04/ 17.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is husband of the deceased and he is languishing in jail custody since 5.10.2009 in a case registered under section 304B/34 of the IPC. There is specific allegation against the petitioner and other accused that they mercilessly assaulted the deceased on account of non-fulfillment of illegal demand of motorcycle in dowry. The post mortem report of the deceased corroborates the allegation but submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that deceased was taken to hospital by the petitioner and his other family members after an incident when the deceased fell from her roof. Considering the allegation levelled against the petitioner as well as materials available on the case diary, I do not feel it proper to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Sandesh P.S. Case no. 47/2009 is, hereby, rejected. It appears from prayer portion of the petition that case of the petitioner is still pending in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara but submission on behalf of the - 2 - petitioner is that the case of the petitioner has already been committed to the court of sessions and the charge has not been framed as yet. In the aforesaid circumstances, the learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner and try to conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)