Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18722 of 2012 (2) dt.11-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18722 of 2012 ====================================================== Satto Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 11.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Admittedly, case has been registered under [STATUTE] and no specific overt-act has been attributed against the petitioner. Although death of the deceased was caused due to strangulation but taking into consideration the above stated fact as well as this aspect of the matter that husband of the deceased is in jail custody and petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 23.11.2011, let the petitioner, Satto Yadav, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in Singheshwar P.S. Case no. 87/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.