Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17555 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bablu Pandit S/O Shiv Jatan Pandit R/O Village - Rahua, P.S. Rahua, District - Nalanda ( Bihar ) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Murli Dhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 3. 23-05-2012. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Patna G.R.P. (Patna Sahib) P.S. Case No.498 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R and his name has come only in the statement made by the informant and the wife of the deceased Prabha Devi, her Gotani under section 164 of the Cr.P.C on 3.2.2012 after two months of F.I.R in which they have stated that at the time of occurrence both had heard the sound of firing and seen five persons including the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17555 of 2012 (3) dt.23-05-2012 2 in fleeing condition. It is also submitted that the statements were recorded on 3.2.2012 in which the name of the petitioner transpired. Learned APP while opposing the prayer for bail, submitting that it has come in paras-139 and 140 of the case dairy that wife of the deceased Prabha Devi had seen the miscreants including petitioner fleeing away from the place of occurrence where the dead body of deceased found in injured condition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Patna G.R.P. (Patna Sahib) P.S.Case No.498 of 2011. ahk/- (Rajendra Kumar Mishra, 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.