Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8547 of 2012 ====================================================== Pushpa Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.8795 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kamlawati Devi 2. Bhrigunath Pandey. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the cousin sister-in-law and parents of the husband of the deceased are apprehending arrest in connection with Sidhwalia P.S. Case No. 152 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8547 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj. The accusation is of killing the victim for non- fulfillment of the dowry demand. The specific accusation of poring kerosene oil and litting the fire is against husband and Pushpa Devi whereas the accusation against the father-in-law is to have caught hold the victim and closing the mouth of the victim is alleged against the mother-in-law. Considering the accusations levelled against these petitioners, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. Accordingly the prayer for bail is rejected. Amrendra/- (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.