Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6944 of 2012 (2) dt.27-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6944 of 2012 ====================================================== Harendra Rai @ Harendra Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 27.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 19.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, none has seen the actual killing of the deceased and the petitioner has been made accused in this case on the ground that he had illicit relation with sister-in-law of the deceased. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is an old man aged about 70 years which is evident from annexure 2 to this petition and, as a matter of fact, he has no concern with the affairs of in-laws family of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Harendra Rai @ Harendra Yadav, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in Baikunthpur P.S. Case no. 131/2011. 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.