Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8741 of 2012 ====================================================== Manju Devi .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the wife of brother of husband of deceased is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that it is error of record in the impugned order that the petitioner has been described as mother of the husband whereas she is the sister-in-law (Bhabhi) of husband. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant for non-fulfillment of dowry demand after three year of marriage. There is no specific accusation in the F.I.R. against the petitioner and thrust of accusation is against the husband who as per learned counsel for the petitioner is in custody Considering the aforesaid facts, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8741 of 2012 (2) dt.23-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Bahadurpur P.S. Case No. 390 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Darbhanga, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.