IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24505 of 2008 KAUSHALYA DEVI Versus STATE OF BIHAR - - - - 3. 10.9.2008 Heard. The petitioner is the mother-in-law and faces an allegation along with her son who was married to the lady of killing her for not fulfilling the demand of dowry. If one peruses the copy of the post-mortem report copied in paragraph 32 of the case diary one would not have any other opinion than that the lady was strangulated to death. The lady was struggling and, as such, there were many bruises on various parts of her body. Besides, the legature mark of strangulation on the uppermost and middle portion of the front of the neck measuring 2.5 C.M. X 2 C.M. and the resultant underlying injury as recorded by the Doctor was definitely asphyxia to death. The contention is that the lady is aged about 60 years of age and has wrongly been roped in. The further contention is that six persons were named in the F.I.R. but only three had been sent up including the present 2 petitioner. One could not ignore that the deceased was also a lady and one could not ignore further the fact that the lady was struggling as many bruises were found on her person. The petition is dismissed. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)