Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40578 of 2011 Jagarnath Thakur, S/O-Late Jagdish Thakur Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 03 10.01.2012 Supplementary affidavit is filed on behalf of the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is languishing in jail custody since 15.07.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that deceased died on account of her ailment and her dead body was cremated in presence of the informant and others but later on, dispute arose between the parties on the point of two and half years old child of the deceased and the aforesaid fact has been stated by the witnesses in course of investigation. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sakra P.S. Case No. 146 of 2011. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 304

Statute Text:
Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, If act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.