Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16642 of 2012 (3) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16642 of 2012 ====================================================== Manoj Roy @ Manoj Kumar Rai, son of Ganga Prasad Roy, resident of Village- Muraitha, P.S. Jalley, District- Darbhanga. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 05-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Jallaey P.S. Case No. 134 of 2011, G.R. No. 3577 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is husband of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that father- in-law and mother-in-law of the victim were instrumental and assaulted the sister of the informant and done to death. It is further submitted that petitioner was working at Nagaland and at the time of occurrence he was in Nagaland. However, death of the victim found by asphyxia causing by strangulation. Learned counsel for the State contends that in the case diary there is no specific allegation against this petitioner. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16642 of 2012 (3) dt.05-07-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, in connection with Jalley P.S. Case No. 134 of 2011, G.R. No. 3577 of 2011, subject to condition that petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed in this case any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to satisfaction of the court below on reasonable ground. Further condition any absence of the petitioner on two consecutive dates shall be ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.