Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27305 of 2012 ====================================================== Mithilesh Singh S/O Late Ram Lakhan Singh Resident Of Village- Chechaul, P.S.- Naubatpur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that with regard to purchase of mutton, the informant’s husband was assaulted by the petitioner with fists and slaps when subsequently the husband of the informant died. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that the accusation is of assaulting by fists and slaps hence there was no intention to kill the victim. Moreover, the post mortem report reflects that the injury has been caused by hard and blunt substance when other accused Patania @ Sahabuddin has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 28926 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27305 of 2012 (3) dt.20-09-2012 2 / 2 2 of 2012. This Court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if he surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 59 of 2012 pending in the court of the learned A.C.J.M., Danapur, Patna. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh 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.