Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.268 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ganouri Sah, 2. Chinia Devi alias Bimla Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 10-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being father and step mother of the deceased are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter by strangulation for saving the expected expenditure of money. The accusation is being corroborated by the medical evidence. Considering the aforesaid facts, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. However, the learned court below will consider the prayer of petitioners for regular bail keeping in view that there is no eye witness to the occurrence if they surrender within six weeks from today in connection Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.268 of 2012 (3) dt.10-04-2012 2 / 2 2 with Sahkund (Sajour) P.S. Case no. 96 of 2011 pending in the court of C.J.M., Bhagalpur. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 302

Statute Text:
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Murder. Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.