IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.48837 of 2008 RAJU MIAN Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 6 06/08/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered under sections 498A, 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Report from the court of the Additional Sessions Judge XIV, Patna has been received from which it appears that only one witness has been examined in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in this case six witnesses have been examined up to 8th July, 2009. According to the allegation, the petitioner has connived with other family members and has killed the informant’s daughter who happens to be the husband of the deceased on account of her inability to bring the desired article by way of additional dowry. Submission is that informant has been examined as PW 5 in sessions trial No. 2169 of 2008 in which he has not supported the allegation and has been declared hostile. Mother of the deceased has been examined as PW 6 who has also not supported the allegation. Other witnesses have also not supported any part of the allegation. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Raju Mian is directed to be released on bail on - 2 - furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M./concerned Court, Patna City in connection with Fatwah P.S. Case No. 19 of 2007. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)