IN THE HIGHCOURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Dated: Nainital: the 1st day of November 2003 Bail application No. 967 of 2003 Order on the bail application of the accused. CRIMINAL SIDE Suresh Joshi S/o Laxmi Dutt Joshi R/o Chhimi Matela, The. Koshya Kutoli, P.O. Simrar, District Nainital. ……… Applicant. Versus State of Uttaranchal. -------Opposite. Party. Arising out of case crime No. 01/2003 U/S 304-B IPC Patti Talli Kutoli District Haridwar. By the Court Hon’ble Irshad Hussain J. Heard Sri G.S. Bisht, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. This is dowry death case. The applicant-accused is husband of the deceased. There is specific allegation in the F.I.R. that when he went to bring his wife from the house of her parents he was given a sum of Rs. 20,000/- and he was not feeling satisfied. This indicate that there was demand of extra dowry in terms of money from his side. The death had taken place within 4 ½ months of the marriage. Considering the gravity of the offence the accused-applicant is not entitled for bail and therefore the bail application is dismissed. Dt. 1.11.2003 (Irshad Hussain J.) ISB