IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7791 of 2010 UMESH MAHTO, SON OF BIGAN MAHTO, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SHIV NAGARI, P.S. CHAPRA MUFFASIL, DISTRICT SARAN (BIHAR). --------------------------------------------------------------- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR --------------------------------------------------------------- OPPOSITE PARTY *********** 4 4.8.2010 The petitioner is the father-in-law and is praying for grant of bail in a case under Sections 304(B), 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is admitted fact that the lady died in the hospital during treatment of diarrhoea. It is further submitted that the husband is in custody and the petitioner’s bail application was earlier rejected on the ground that the custody was too short. Considering that the petitioner has remained in custody for more than one year, I direct that the petitioner Umesh Mahto should be released on bail in connection with Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No. 151 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)