Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26550 of 2012 (2) dt.27-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26550 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raghunath Rai S/O Late Basudeo Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 27-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 02.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that the informant has already compromised this case and she admitted in her cross-examination in course of trial that her daughter was mentally ill and moreover, some co-accused, having more or less similar allegation, have already been admitted to anticipatory bail vide order dated 24.07.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 25375 of 2012. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26550 of 2012 (2) dt.27-07-2012 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge-III, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sessions Trial No. 69 of 2012 arising out of Maker P.S. Case No. 58 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.