Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5453 of 2012 (7) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5453 of 2012 ====================================================== Govind Bind .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 7 05-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is the husband though it is alleged that the victim wife was subjected to cruelty and was done to death. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the family members of the deceased took her on the bank of river Ganga and burn in cow dung and kerosene oil. Learned counsel for the informant stated that when the informant reached at the place of occurrence then found skeleton of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and there is no allegation of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5453 of 2012 (7) dt.05-07-2012 demand of dowry even it is not established that the said skeleton was of the daughter. However, the skeleton has been sent to the FSL but no report has been received. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and the case hinges on the circumstantial evidence, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh in connection with Mokama P. S. Case No. 95 of 2011. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.