Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19727 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Babita Devi 2. Kusum Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in Fatuha P.S. Case No. 79 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City. It is alleged that the petitioners being the sisters-in-law (gotni) of the informant assaulted the husband of the informant and subsequently put him on fire on 18.02.2011 when the victim succumbed to the injuries on 09.03.2011. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners without being prejudiced by the order of this Court. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19727 of 2012 (3) dt.23-07-2012 2/2 Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. Amrendra/- (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.