IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15620 of 2010 Dharmendra Shah, son of Shiv Kumar Sah, resident of Village- Devisarai, P.S. Deep Nagar, District-Nalanda. …….Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar ……………………….Opposite Party. ----------- 3. 15. 07. 2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is the husband of the deceased languishing in jail in a case registered under Sections 498A, 304B, 323 and 326 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that victim was burn to death. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that since 2005, the victim was residing separately and in the F.I.R. there is no allegation of demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the State however, submits that marriage took place in the year 2003 and the victim died in the year 2007 and the allegation is being corroborated by the Post Mortem report. Considering the fact that petitioner being husband of the deceased has a duty to protect the wife, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner 2 at present. Hence, prayer for bail is rejected. m.p. ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)