Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39623 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shatrudhan Ram S/O Singashan Ram Resident Of Mohalla Purani Chawk, Ward No. 11, P.S. Gopalganj, District Gopalganj. 2. Upendra Ram S/O Singashan Ram Resident Of Mohalla Purani Chawk, Ward No. 11, P.S. Gopalganj, District Gopalganj. 3. Singashan Ram S/O Late Ganga Ram Resident Of Mohalla Purani Chawk, Ward No. 11, P.S. Gopalganj, District Gopalganj. 4. Uma Devi @ Usha Devi W/O Singashan Ram Resident Of Mohalla Purani Chawk, Ward No. 11, P.S. Gopalganj, District Gopalganj. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Lalmati Devi was the second wife of the complainant who was working as a maid of Sukhdeo Singh when on demand of wages, Sukhdeo Singh administered some intoxicant and established forceful physical relationship and subsequently killed the victim. It is submitted that initially UD case was lodged by the mother of the victim where she did not disclose that complainant is the husband of the victim thereafter the sister in law of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39623 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2/2 deceased lodged a complaint case in which the co accused Raj Kishore Prasad was a lawyer and the present complainant was an accused. The present complainant was sent to jail in the said case then the present complaint case was lodged. It appears that the present complainant has been acquitted in the said case being S.Tr. No. 28/06-282 of 2006. The present complaint case was filed on 7.12.2004 in which cognizance has been taken on 8.6.2012. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned JM, Ist Class, Gopalganj in connection with complaint case no. 2215 of 2004 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.