Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21848 of 2012 (3) dt.27-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21848 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 27.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 23.11.2011 in a case which was initially registered under [STATUTE] on the basis of fardbeyan of the deceased but after her death, the police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] . It is admitted case of the prosecution that the deceased committed suicide by putting herself on fire. So far as the petitioner is concerned, it is only stated that he gave one slap to the deceased in presence of her father which caused annoyance to her and subsequently, she committed suicide. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ram Chandra Mahto, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge FTC No. VI, Sitamarhi in Sessions trial no.605/2011 arising out of Dumra P.S. Case no. 133/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.