Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9464 of 2012 ====================================================== Narendra Singh S/O Ram Pratap Singh, Resident of Village- Pokhrahi, P.S.- Nabinagar, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 5 04-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that allegation of assault is upon Mritunjay Singh and Narendra Singh, the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that although petitioner is not named in the FIR but from the case diary it appears that it had been stated that deceased before his death had stated about the assault made by the aforesaid two persons before those witnesses while he was being taken to the Hospital. It is surprising that even then name of the petitioner and other co-accused persons have not been included in the first information report. Learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9464 of 2012 (5) dt.04-06-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner also avers that the other accused Mritunjay Singh @ Gabbar Singh has already been enlarged on bail on the orders of this court dated 04.01.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No.20016 of 2011, but petitioner is incarcerated in jail although he has got no criminal antecedents. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No. 144 of 2010. Sunil/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.