IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.29525 of 2008 SUNIL SINGH, S/O GOPAL SINGH R/O VILLAGE- BANTHU, P.S. BHAGWANPUR, DISTRICT- VAISHALI AT HAZIPUR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4 11/11/2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is an accused of a case which has been registered under section 304B of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation is that the informant’s daughter married with the petitioner four years earlier was down away on account of her inability to bring the additional dowry of Rs 50,000/- . Submission is that the petitioner is in custody since 13.9.2006 and not even one witness has been examined. The charges have been framed about one year earlier and the prosecution is unnecessarily lingering the case. Considering the fact that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased and there is statement that the victim was being subjected to torture in connection with demand of Rs. 50,000/- as dowry, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner Sunil Singh on bail. Accordingly his prayer for bail is rejected. However, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)