Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44693 of 2011 1. Karu Das, S/O-Late Deodhari Das 2. Shanti Devi, W/O-Karu Das Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 12.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are parents-in-law of the deceased and are languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . According to prosecution case itself, the informant got information about the condition of the deceased from her in-laws. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that deceased committed suicide on account of some petty family feud. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghaty (Gaya) in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No. 89 of 2011. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.