IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19881 of 2008 AMARENDRA SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 25.8.2008 Heard. The case is under Section 304B IPC and the allegation is that the lady was pestered for brining a motorcycle who was married to the petitioner about four years back. The allegation is that the informant received an information that something had happened to his daughter, Guriya Devi upon which the informant Sanjay came and saw the dead body and found the lady had been poisoned to death. It may not be out of a place to note that the lady had a son as well born to her sometimes prior to the occurrence. The report on chemical analysis of the viscera is appearing at flag-X and that indicates that Thimet was found in it. The contention is that the lady might have committed suicide and that the lady could have killed herself on account of some difference with the husband. It was further contended that it appears a case of misusing the provision of Section 304B of the IPC for - 2 - whatever reasons by a desperate father who was also an accused in a case of trafficking. Notwithstanding the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and even accepting that it could be a case of suicide which the court does not subscribe to, for one reason which is likely to be narrated hereinafter, it could not be denied that the lady was pestered for a motorcycle and she had a circumstance in her life not to commit suicide, that is, being the mother of a son. Admitting that she was harassed for the dowry even if she had committed suicide, it could very well be a case under Section 304B of the IPC. The lady could not commit suicide could be a normal inference in view of the fact that she had given birth to a child which was quite young and nascent and she would not have left him in lurch. Petition is dismissed. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )