Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28430 of 2011 (8) dt.26-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28430 of 2011 ====================================================== Ajay Yadav @ Chhotu, son of Ram Briksha Yadav, resident of Village- Baiju Bigha, P.S. Bodh Gaya, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 8 26-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No. 169 of 2010, registered under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of subjecting cruelty and assault and the victim was burn to death by sprinkle kerosene oil. However, injury report suggests 25% burn injury on the upper part of the body. However, other co-accused persons having similar allegation have been granted bail by this Court and the case of the petitioner is on similar footing. The petitioner is in jail custody since 13. 07. 2011. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28430 of 2011 (8) dt.26-06-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in connection with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No. 169 of 2010, subject to condition that petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed in this case. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.