IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33806 of 2010 NAVEEN KUMAR SON OF SHRI SHANKAR SAH, PERMANENT RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- CHANDPURA, P.S.- NEEMA CHANDPURA, DISTRICT- BEGUSARAI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 22/09/2010 Heard Mr. Rama Kant Sharma, the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected twice. He is an accused of a case registered under Sections 498 A, 304 B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. His Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. (s) 1148 of 2009 was dismissed at not pressed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The informant Santosh Kumar has married his daughter on 19.11.2003 with the petitioner. Out of that wedlock two issues- a son and a daughter aged 3 and 2 years respectively were born. Allegation is that after marriage the petitioner and other family members were torturing the informant’s daughter in connection with demand of additional dowry. Ultimately she was killed on account of her failure to bring the desired dowry articles. Submission is that the marriage was not arranged so there was no question of demand of dowry, 2 because dowry is demanded only in cases of arranged marriages. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 14.12.2007 and for five months he was granted provisional bail for treatment of his ailing father and during the period of provisional bail he has not misused the privilege of bail. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased in a case registered under Section 304 B of the Indian Penal Code. There is specific allegation against him that he being the husband connived with other family members and in that connivance the victim was tortured and ultimately eliminated. The elimination was only because of her failure to bring the desired articles by way of additional dowry. Considering the allegation, I see no reason to take a different view from the earlier. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner is again rejected. (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.) avin