Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18297 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18297 of 2012 ====================================================== Malay Kumar Gupta @ Malay Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the state. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in Sultanganj P.S. Case no. 177 of 2010 pending in the court of A.C.J.M. Patna City registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted that the petitioner was on police bail. In that view of the matter, this application for anticipatory bail is not maintainable. However, the learned court below will pass appropriate order on the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner in view of the ratio laid down in the case of Mahendra Prasad Singh Vs. State of Bihar reported in 2004(3) PLJR 491. 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.18297 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 306

Statute Text:
Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. Abetting the Commission of suicide. If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.