Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38670 of 2011 (3) dt.31-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38670 of 2011 ====================================================== Sanjeev Paswan @ Sanjeev Kr.Paswan .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Surendra Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) ----------- 03/ 31.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 3.12.2010 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] but later on, [STATUTE] was also added. Allegedly, petitioner assaulted the deceased with fists and slaps as a result of which he sustained injuries and in course of treatment, he died after one month 20 days of the alleged occurrence. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Sanjeev Paswan @ Sanjeev Kr Paswan, 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. III, Samastipur in Sessions trial no. 33/2011 arising out of Dalsingsarai P.S. Case no. 180/2009. shahid (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.