Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11656 of 2012 ====================================================== Manoj Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.14834 of 2012 ====================================================== Pappu Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05/ 12-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that Abhay Singh, Pappu Singh, Sunil Singh, Manoj Singh and Sushma Devi assaulted the victim with measuring weight and rod. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner Manoj Singh that in the subsequent statement the informant has specified the assault against only Pappu Singh and post-mortem report reflects only Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11656 of 2012 (5) dt.12-09-2012 2/3 one injury. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner Pappu Singh that the informant is not the eye witness to the occurrence and she came to know about the occurrence through one Vikky, who has not been examined whereas other independent witnesses during investigation have said that since the victim misbehaved with the wife of Manoj Singh and hence, wife of Manoj Singh assaulted the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the State that the informant in her subsequent statement and other witnesses have also alleged the assault by Pappur Singh, whereas it is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner Pappu Singh that all said witnesses are the family members of the deceased. This Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner Pappu Singh and accordingly, his application for grant of anticipatory bail is dismissed. Considering the aforesaid facts, let petitioner Manoj Singh be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11656 of 2012 (5) dt.12-09-2012 3/3 within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Deepnagar P.S. Case No. 145 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.