Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17842 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Rai S/O Indar Rai Resident Of Village- Chakaim (Khalkbag), P.S.- Hajipur Sadar, District- Vaishali .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ansul, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP ====================================================== PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 3. 04-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused in Hajipur Sadar P.S.Case No.189 of 2011 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the entire allegation against the petitioner is false and frivolous as he is a farmer having no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel further submits that on the other hand the deceased was a veteran criminal having at least six cases against him which will be apparent from the order of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, I, Vaishali at Hajipur. Learned counsel for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17842 of 2012 (3) dt.04-06-2012 2 the petitioner further submits that there is omnibus allegation against the accused persons of firing without specifying the person whose shot hit the deceased at which place. He also submits that although 8 injuries have been found on the body of the deceased but it shows that it had been caused by some one who was very seriously aggrieved by the criminality of the deceased. He further submits that there was no occasion at all for the petitioner to indulge in such act. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that he is in custody since about 11 months. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S.Case No.189 of 2011. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.