Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27722 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Seema Devi @ Jhalo Devi 2. Arjun Urown .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s For the Petitioners: - Mr.Ajit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : - Mr. J.N. Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 08-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The FIR was lodged by the petitioner Seema when the dead body of her father was recovered with cut injuries when suspicion was raised against the family of Dayanand Yadav, who was killed when the husband of the petitioner was sent to jail. Subsequently, the name of the petitioners sprang up on the confession of Tasir, who admitted that Govind and petitioner Arjun pressed the neck of the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27722 of 2012 (3) dt.08-11-2012 2/2 State that during investigation it has come that the petitioner Seema also connived in the whole episode. Admittedly, there is no eye witness to the occurrence and the case lodged by the petitioner Seema has been found false and now the supplementary investigation is going on against the petitioners and others. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Purnea Sadar P.S. Case No. 344 of 2011 pending in the court of learned CJM, Purnea. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. DKS/ (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.