Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24241 of 2012 (3) dt.13-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24241 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raghunath Pandey, 2. Sudhir Pandey, 3. Dhiraj Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of dragging the father of the informant with the Bolero vehicle. It is submitted that the victim died due to accidental injury when false accusation has been levelled. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Kanti P.S. Case no. 366 of 2011 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Muzaffarpur. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24241 of 2012 (3) dt.13-09-2012 of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.