Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37694 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37694 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Nath Ram S/O Late Nagina Ram 2. Ajay Kumar @ Ajay Ram S/O Ram Nath Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 12-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 21.07.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that wife of petitioner no. 1 levelled allegation against the deceased and furthermore, it is alleged that at about 01:30 P.M. petitioners entered into the house of the deceased and forcibly took her from her house and later on, in the next morning, the dead body of the deceased was found hanging with a tree. The contention on behalf of the petitioners is that petitioners are agnates of the informant and as a matter of fact the illicit relation of deceased with petitioner no. 2 was got exposed and being fed up with the aforesaid exposure deceased committed Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37694 of 2012 (3) dt.12-12-2012 suicide and taking the advantage of the aforesaid incident, the informant implicated the petitioners in the present case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 79 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.