IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15878 of 2010 ARJUN MANDAL Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03. 02.07.2010 Petitioner being the husband is languishing in jail in a case registered under Sections 304B/34 I.P.C. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on the alleged date of the occurrence the brother of the petitioner was to be operated, hence everybody was in the hospital. At the time of occurrence, the petitioner was outside the house feeding the animals, in the meantime, the victim got herself burnt inside the house. The victim was thereafter taken to the hospital by the petitioner where she succumbed to her injuries and thereafter postmortem was conducted. It is further submitted that so far as allegation of torture and demand of dowry are concerned, during investigation no independent witnesses have supported the charge of torture or demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the State, however submits that the victim died due to the burn injuries, however no independent witnesses have supported the fact that petitioner was anyway involved in litting the fire. 2 Considering the submissions of the respective parties and the fact that petitioner is the husband, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The application for grant of bail is rejected at present. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)