Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28346 of 2012 (3) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28346 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ranjit Paswan S/O Late Rajendra Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 26-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is husband of the deceased and has been made accused in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the first information report itself that deceased died of burn injuries and there is allegation that deceased was subjected to cruelty on account of non-fulfilment of illegal demand. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that petitioner is in jail custody since 24.02.2011 and not a single prosecution witness has supported the prosecution case in course of trial. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28346 of 2012 (3) dt.26-09-2012 release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 724 of 2011 arising out of Mansoorchak P.S. Case No. 13 of 2011 pending in the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-I, Begusarai is, hereby, rejected. However, learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner and try to conclude the same as early as possible preferably within seven months from the date of receipt of this order. 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.