Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2331 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sunil Kumar @ Sunil Kumar Kanaujia S/O Late Keso Prasad Sao Resident Of Mohalla- Dilawarpur, P.S.- Kotwali, District- Munger .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Pramod Kumar Sinha, Advocate Mr. Arbind Kumar Sharma, Advocate For the State : Mr. J.N. Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the elder brother of the husband is languishing in custody since 16.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The F.I.R. was lodged on 09.08.2006 when the petitioner was not named. Admittedly the marriage was performed 12 years prior to the occurrence. After one year of the occurrence the witnesses have deposed before the police implicating the petitioner also. Considering the fact that the petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. and the period under custody, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2331 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2/2 petitioner namely Sunil Kumar @ Sunil Kumar Kanaujia, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Munger Kotwali P.S. Case No. 280 of 2006. DKS/ (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.