Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38272 of 2012 ====================================================== Arvind Singh @ Arvind Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 18-10-2012 The present application has been placed before this Court in view of the administrative order of Hon’ble the Chief Justice dated 15.10.2012 and the order of the Co- ordinate bench dated 03.10.2012. Petitioner being elder brother of the husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner’s earlier bail application was permitted to be withdrawn vide Cr. Misc. No. 30146 of 2011. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after one year of the marriage. The prayer for anticipatory bail has been renewed on the ground that earlier counsel for the petitioner had no instruction that husband of the victim is in custody and the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38272 of 2012 (3) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 Title Suit No. 656 of 2010 is pending between the husband of the victim and the petitioner which suggests that the petitioner was separate from the husband of the victim. This Court is not inclined to take a different view, but considering the contentions, it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of eight weeks in connection with Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 55 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.