Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1735 of 2012 (3) dt.14-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1735 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Haider, S/O-Abdul Majid .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 14-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is languishing in jail custody since 09.10.2011 in Complaint Case No. 269 of 2002 corresponding to Trial No. 130 of 2011 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in respect of death of the deceased a U.D. case bearing U.D. Case No. 06 of 2002 was lodged by the petitioner and after enquiry in the aforesaid U.D. case, it was found that deceased had committed suicide but after that the complainant filed this case. It is further submitted by him that when the complainant came to know about the real facts he entered into the compromise with the petitioner and others. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1735 of 2012 (3) dt.14-02-2012 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Samastipur in connection with Complaint Case No. 269 of 2002 corresponding to Trial No. 130 of 2011. 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.