JUDGMENT :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

Giridih (T) PS Case No.20 of 2010 was lodged on 30.01.2010 against Rashid Sheikh and his family members on the allegation that they have caused dowry death of Sanjida Khatoon by setting her on fire in the night of 28.01.2010.

2. In his fardbeyan which was recorded by Sushil Kumar, Sub-Inspector of Police posted at Chas PS, on 29.01.2010 at 13.00 hrs. at Muskaan Hospital, Chas (Bokaro), Fakruddin has stated that in the midnight of 28.01.2010 he received an information that his sister had caught fire in her matrimonial house at Bishanpur. He alongwith his parents and other family members therefore immediately proceeded for village-Bishanpur where the villagers informed him that on their persuasion his sister was taken to Bokaro for treatment – where she succumbed to the burn injuries. The marriage of his sister Sanjida Khatoon was solemnized with Md. Rashid about 7-8 years ago and after the marriage for some time his sister was looked after in her matrimonial home quite well but thereafter her husband and his family members started harassing her in connection to demand of dowry and on few occasions Rashid Sheikh had threatened to leave his sister and