IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.34764 of 2010 KOMAN SINGH @ KUMOD SINGH @ UMA SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 07.12.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the state assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased and admittedly, the marriage of deceased had taken place on 19.11.2009 and she died within seven years of her marriage i.e. on 17.06.2010 in mysterious circumstance. There is allegation that prior to her death, the deceased was subjected to cruelty and harassment on account of non- fulfillment of illegal demand. The contention of Learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is separate from husband of the deceased and as a matter of fact, on the alleged date of occurrence, he was at his hotel situated at Teghara station and deceased was at her matrimonial home and on account of some petty dispute, she committed suicide. On the otherhand, Learned counsel for the informant refers paragraph-11 of the case diary and submits that in course of investigation, the place of occurrence was found in bathroom and it was also found that the door of aforesaid bathroom was not locked from inside. The I.O. also noticed 2 sign of burn around the wall of aforesaid bathroom. Considering the seriousness of the offence as well as materials collected by the I.O., I am not inclined to grant privilege of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioner stands rejected. AKV/- ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)