IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.37180 of 2009 SUNIL KUMAR SAH, son of Uttim Sah, resident of village Sakarpura, P.S. Hasanpur, District Samastipur Versus STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2. 5.11.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The petitioner is an accused u/s 304 of the Indian Penal Code and also for allied offences. The petitioner is the husband and he claims that his wife had committed suicide by jumping into the flood water. The investigation of the case, however, shows that the dead body of the wife of the petitioner was recovered from the field of one Lakhan Mahto and in the Postmortem report the cause of death was asphyxia. This fact coupled with the allegation of the informant that after the death of his daughter whether natural or unnatural he was not informed till disposal of her dead body would go to show that the petitioner being the husband cannot shake off his responsibility in the death of his wife, especially when there are allegations in the F.I.R. to show that there was repeated and consistent demand of dowry. 2 That being so, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and his prayer for bail is, accordingly, rejected with a direction to the court below to ensure that the trial of the petitioner is expedited. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/