Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17981 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17981 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Vijay Yadav @ Chediya S/O Harbansu Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 09-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Initially, the case was registered under [STATUTE] but later on, [STATUTE] was also added. No doubt, petitioner is named in the first information report but no specific overt-act has been attributed against him and moreover, having more or less similar allegation, some co-accused have already been granted privilege of bail by different Benches of this Court. 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 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, Patna in connection with Fatuha P.S. Case No. 194 of 2009. 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.