Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30019 of 2011 Dinesh Sahani Son of Sarvey Lal Sahani @ Sarvlal Sahni Versus The State of Bihar ---------------------------------- 4/ 04.01.2012 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner, who is husband of the deceased, Mamta Devi, is an accused in a case under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has filed a complaint case alleging that one Sukhbir Singh kidnapped his wife. The petitioner submits that he is in custody since 25.10.2008, for a period about three years and three months. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. His prayer for bail is rejected. However, he may renew his prayer for bail after three months. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 304

Statute Text:
Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, If act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.