IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33082 of 2009 ANIL SINGH @ ANIL KUMAR SINGH, Son of Chandeshwar Prasad Singh, resident of Village- Manikpur, P.S. Minapur, Distt-Muzaffarpur. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 11/11/2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Considering the fact that the petitioner is an accused for the offences under sections 304 (B)/201/34 of the Indian Penal Code for killing his wife primarily on account of demand of dowry as well as mental and physical torture committed on her, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner even when co-accused Lakshmi Devi, mother-in-law of the deceased and mother of the petitioner has been granted bail by this Court by order dated 21.8.2009 in Cr. Misc. No.29596 of 2009 for the reason that at that point of time case diary was not available, whereas, now on perusal of the case diary it appears that the alleged statement of the victim girl was itself doubted by the Superintendent of Police in absence of any signature of the doctor over the same. Moreover, it is really a matter of surprise that when the deceased was being treated all along in the government hospital either in the S.K.M.C.H. Muzaffarpur or in the P.M.C.H. Patna how could burn injury being the reason of death of the deceased go unnoticed and how could the petitioner get the dead body creamed without conducting postmortem of the deceased. 2 Considering the aforementioned circumstances, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. The trial court is directed to ensure that trial of the petitioner is expedited and concluded as early as possible. Abhay Kumar (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)