Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4773 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4773 of 2012 ====================================================== Munna Pandey @ Amrendra Kumar Pandey son of Late Mahendra Pandey, resident of village Adawara,P.S.Sakra,District Muzaffarpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .. .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Addl.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHYAM KISHORE SHARMA) ----------- 2 01-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered for offence under [STATUTE] but after recovery of dead body of informant’s husband Santosh Rajak, [STATUTE] has been added. Informant’s husband was driver of a vehicle. He went with the vehicle but he did not return and informant suspected the hands of the petitioner and others. Submission is that the informant in course of investigation has given different version wherein she exonerated co-accused Pappu Pandey and Gauri Shankar Pandey. In fact, nobody has been the occurrence and the implication is only on the basis of suspicion. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4773 of 2012 (2) dt.01-02-2012 Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Sakra P.S.Case No. 229 of 2011. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 364

Statute Text:
Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.