Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16174 of 2012 ====================================================== Devnath Jha & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2012 Petitioners being brothers of the husband of the deceased are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after nine years of the marriage. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that when the victim died the information was given to the informant, but he could not come when the dead body was disposed off. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that by the time the informant could reach to the in- laws house the victim’s dead body was disposed off. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, who as per learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16174 of 2012 (2) dt.04-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner is in custody, let the petitioners namely 1. Dev Nath Jha 2. Ajay Kumar Jha, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Babubarhi P.S. Case No. 158 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.