IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31851 of 2011 Raj Karan Yadav Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 3 13-12-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is husband of the deceased and he is in jail custody since 15-07-2011 in a case which was registered in the year, 2005 under Sections-498A, 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Admittedly, the marriage of the petitioner had taken place two months ago and the deceased died within two months of her marriage. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the deceased was second wife of the petitioner and the aforesaid fact had not been disclosed to the deceased by her parents before her marriage and when she came to the house of the petitioner, she became frustrated and committed suicide. To fortify the above-said contention, learned counsel for the petitioner referred paragraph-106 of the case diary in which the statement of a witness who had played the role of mediator in the marriage of the petitioner and the deceased, has been recorded. Learned counsel for the petitioner also drew my attention towards the statement of sister of the deceased and apart from this, he pointed out that no injury has been found on the person of the deceased except ligature mark on her neck which is - 2 - possible in the case of hanging only. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no doubt, the alleged occurrence took place in the year, 2005 and the petitioner could be remanded in the year, 2011 but as a matter of fact, the petitioner was in service and he was engaged in taking legal recourse. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submission of the parties, let the petitioner, namely, Raj Karan Yadav be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Sirdulla P.S. Case No. 105 of 2005 to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada AKV/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)