Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25276 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25276 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Mahesh Rai S/O Ramji Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 13.03.2012 in a case registered under Sections 25(1-b) A, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act. According to prosecution case, the nephew of the petitioner was made accused in a case registered under [STATUTE] and in search of the aforesaid accused, police raided the house of petitioner and the aforesaid nephew of the petitioner was arrested and disclosed that his uncle had kept a regular gun in his room and after that police raided the room of the petitioner and recovered one country made regular gun beneath the bed of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent and as a matter of fact, nothing has been recovered from conscious possession of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25276 of 2012 (2) dt.19-07-2012 petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur in connection with Bihta P.S. Case No. 45 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.