Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9023 of 2012 (3) dt.25-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9023 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajendra Ram S/O Chandrika Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 25-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is languishing in jail custody since 01.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . No doubt, the marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the deceased in the year 2006 and the deceased died within seven years of her marriage in other than normal circumstances but in course of investigation, some witnesses stated that deceased committed suicide on account of family feud and the post-mortem report of the deceased also corroborates the above stated statements of witnesses because except one ligature mark around the neck, no external injury was found on the person of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9023 of 2012 (3) dt.25-04-2012 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, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Majhaulia P.S. Case No. 211 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.