Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45487 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raju Ram S/O Late Dasai Ram R/O Vill. Kunwari, P.S. Kusheswar Asthan, Distt.- Darbhanga .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SHEEMA ALI KHAN ORAL ORDER 3 18-12-2012 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and A.P.P. representing the State. The petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] . Counsel for the petitioner submits that the son of this petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 21.09.2012 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 36024 of 2012 on the ground that the informant has only raised suspicion against the petitioner and his son that they could be responsible for the occurrence because of the earlier incident in which Ranjeet Ram had dashed against the father-in-law of the informant, which resulted in his death. The petitioner’s son was fined by the Panchayat to pay a sum of Rs. 40,000/-, after which he has paid only Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45487 of 2012 (3) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 20,000/-. It is submitted that it is as a result of malice that this petitioner has been named in the First Information Report. Be that as it may, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks, in connection with Kusheshwar Aasthan Police Station Case No. 120 of 2012 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Benipur (Darbhanga) subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Prabhakar Anand/- (Sheema Ali Khan, 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.