Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12240 of 2012 ====================================================== Pradip Pasi, son of Shri Shankar Pasi, resident of village-Shakarpura, P.S.- Hasanpur, District-Samastipur. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. In the F.I.R. it is alleged that all the three accused persons named in the F.I.R. including the petitioner fired from pistol causing injury upon the informant’s son which proved fatal. It is submitted that in the postmortem examination, the doctor noticed only one firearm injury on the person of the deceased. From the order impugned, it appears that in course of investigation the informant made statement that on the order of the three named accused persons, one Rajeev is said to have fired upon the deceased. Similarly circumstanced another co- accused Umesh Rai has already been granted bail by order dated 15.2.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6905 of 2012 by another bench of this Court. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12240 of 2012 (2) dt.21-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his executing a bond with two solvent sureties, each in a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand only) to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magisrate, Rosera, Samastipur in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 93 of 2011 on the following conditions: (i) That both the bailors will be close relative of the petitioner who will give separate affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. (ii) That the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court or to any other authority. (iii) That he shall remain present before the court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If he wants to remain absent, then he will take prior permission of the court and in case of compelling and unavoidable circumstances for remaining absent, he will immediately inform the court and request that he may be permitted to be present through the counsel. (iv) That liberty is given to the State to make an appropriate application for modifying/recalling the order granting bail, if for any reason, the petitioner violates any of the conditions imposed by this Court. Sanjeet/- (Ashwani 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.