Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19892 of 2011 Vinod Singh & Anr. Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 7. 13.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners are in jail custody since 04.04.2011 in a case initially registered under Section 498-A and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act but latter on [STATUTE] was added and furthermore, charge- sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, petitioner No. 1 is brother-in-law whereas petitioner No. 2 is father-in-law of the deceased and the case was lodged on the basis of fardbayan of the victim who later on died. In her statement, the victim stated that on 27.01.2009 she was confined in a room and petitioners as well as other co-accused persons lit the fire on her body. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that as a matter of fact, on the alleged date of occurrence, petitioners were not present in their house and the aforesaid fact is evident from para-8 and 17 etc. of the 2 case diary. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of this case as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioners namely, Vinod Singh and Deomuni Singh 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabhua (Kaimur), in connection with Mohania P.S. Case No. 25 of 2009. Saif/- (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.