IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25782 of 2010 Mithilesh Tiwari, Son of Ram Narayan Tiwari, resident of Mohalla- Head Manpur, Jora Masjid, P.S. Buniyadganj, District- Gaya ---------------------- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 04 25-01-2011 Heard Sri S.M.Sabbir Alam, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri Kumar Priya Ranjan, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The petitioner, who is in custody in Buniyadganj P.S. Case No.11 of 2009 for the offence under Section 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, has prayed for grant of bail. Accusation, as per the F.I.R., is that the daughter of the informant was killed by burning. The informant had alleged that accused persons were pressurizing and torturing his daughter since long for extracting dowry. On the date of occurrence, in the night, he had received telephone call that his daughter was killed and thereafter he arrived and found that the house of the petitioner was locked from outside. After arrival of the police, it was found that dead body of his daughter was lying in burnt condition in the house and nobody was present there. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner being husband of the deceased had tried to save his wife, who had burnt herself and during that period the petitioner also received severe burn injury and thereafter he was taken to private 2 dispensary for his treatment. Accordingly, it was submitted that it was a case of suicide. The petitioner being husband of the deceased had tried to save her life. Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, while referring number of paragraphs of the case diary, submits that it appears that even before burning the daughter of the informant was assaulted, which appears from the fact that on the dead body injury by hard and blunt substances was found. Keeping in view the seriousness of the accusation, the Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail stands rejected. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)