IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.31948 of 2008 Birendra Chaudhary, son of late Baharan Choudhary, resident of Village- Dudhiawa, P.S.-Nawalpur, District- West Champaran. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3/ 30.03.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is husband of the informant’s daughter Saroj Devi. The marriage of informant’s daughter was solemnized three years prior to the occurrence and it is alleged that she has been killed by her in-laws on account of her inability to procure desired motorcycle by way of additional dowry. Submission is that in course of investigation the witnesses have stated that the informant’s daughter has committed suicide. Further submission is that other co-accused persons have already been granted bail. During investigation, statements of a number of witnesses have been recorded and all have stated that the petitioner being the husband was also assisting those persons who were demanding the motorcycle by way of additional dowry. The death is within three years of marriage. Though other accused persons have been granted bail but so far as the petitioner is concerned, he is husband of the deceased and his case can not be equated with other accused persons. Considering all these facts, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for bail is rejected. Uday/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)