Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35641 of 2011 (4) dt.10-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35641 of 2011 ====================================================== Upendra Das .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance: For the Petitioner : Mr. Nageshwar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party : Mr. Manoj Kumar No.I, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 10.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 15.6.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, none has seen the actual killing of the deceased and the case is based on circumstantial evidence. The learned trial court has reported that out of six proposed witnesses up till now only one prosecution witness has been examined and the learned trial court would take ten months’ time to dispose off the case of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Upendra Das, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge FTC No. II, Banka in Sessions trial no. 982/2010 arising out of Dhoraiya P.S. Case no. 47/2010. Shahid (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.