Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24055 of 2012 (3) dt.17-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24055 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sunil Paswan S/O Late Rajkumar Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 17-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] . According to prosecution case itself, deceased was killed by the petitioner on account of non-fulfilment of illegal demand within seven years of her marriage. The death of deceased appears to be other than in normal circumstances. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Adhaura (Bhabhua) P.S. Case No. 32 of 2011 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabhua is, hereby, rejected. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24055 of 2012 (3) dt.17-09-2012 However, learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabhua is directed to commit the case of the petitioner to the court of Sessions in accordance with law within three weeks from the date of receipt of this order and after commitment, the learned trial court shall try to conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible. 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.