Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40601 of 2012 ====================================================== Parshuram Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 22-11-2012 Petitioner’s earlier bail application was disposed of as withdrawn on 22.11.2011 vide Cr. Misc. No. 32901 of 2011. The present anticipatory application has been placed before this Court in view of the administrative order of Hon’ble the Chief Justice dated 06.11.2012 and the order of the Co- ordinate Bench dated 10.10.2012. Petitioner being father of the husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . 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 Title Suit No. 656 of 2010 is pending between the husband of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40601 of 2012 (3) dt.22-11-2012 2 / 2 2 the victim and the rest of the family members. 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 six 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.