Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10092 of 2012 ====================================================== Putti Paswan, Son of Late Chanarik Paswan. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 02-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner, who is in custody since 13.09.2011, is one of the named accused in this case being father-in-law of deceased daughter of the informant, who died within three years of her marriage under unnatural circumstances. Submission is of false implication and specific accusation of certain demands is against non-petitioner, the husband, and thereafter, there is general and omnibus allegation and under almost similarly situated circumstances, the wife of the petitioner has already been granted the privilege under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. vide order dated 31.01.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 2478 of 2012 by a Bench of this Court. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi, in connection with Punpun P.S. Case No. 79 of 2011, subject to condition to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10092 of 2012 (2) dt.02-04-2012 2 / 2 2 attend the court regularly on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates, without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.