IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22714 of 2010 TARKESHWAR PRASAD @ TARKESHWAR SAH son of Awadh Bihari Sah------ ---Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2. 23.7.2010 Heard Learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case for the offence under section 304B of the Indian Penal Code. He is husband of the deceased. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that rest of the co-accused persons faced trial and acquitted as none of the witnesses appeared to corroborate the prosecution case as was stated by them under section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Petitioner earlier approached this Court in the year 1998 and thereafter disappeared. Co- accused persons faced trial are acquitted only due to turning hostile of the witnesses is a serious matter and a clear case of tampering with the witnesses. Petitioner’s disappearance is for a period of near about 12 years. In any case, he is not entitled for bail. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. Sudip ( Mandhata Singh,J )