IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3247 of 2009 Vijay Kumar Singh @ Vijay Singh, Son of Baijnath Singh resident Of Village- Garahi, Police Station-Jandaha, District-Vaishali --------------------- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- For the petitioner : M/S Vindhyachal Singh, Satya Prakash ,and Ashwini Kr. Upadhaya, Advocates For the State : Mr. C.Jawahar, A.P.P. ---------------- O R D E R 5 06-05-2009 Petitioner Vijay Kumar Singh alias Vijay Singh, the husband of the deceased Priyanka Devi is in custody since 23.10.2007 in connection with Jandaha P.S. Case No.100 of 2007 registered under Section 304B /34 I.P.C. The petitioner along with the co-accused is alleged to have misbehaved with and tortured Priyanka Devi, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand of a motorcycle and Rs.50,000/- in cash and she was eventually killed by being burnt to death. Evidence is available in the case diary (paragraphs 6,7,8,9 and 33) to show that it was the petitioner who at the instigation of the other co-accused had made the demand for dowry. There is also evidence in the case diary to show that Priyanka had been burnt to death for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. The postmortem report incorporated in paragraph 1 of the supplementary case diary reveals Priyanka having suffered 70 % burns which was the cause of her death. - 2 - In the circumstances I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. His prayer for bail is accordingly rejected. He may renew his prayer for bail after one year. NKS/- ( Abhijit Sinha, J )