Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38975 of 2012 ====================================================== Arun Kumar Mandal @ Arun Mandal @ Arun Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 17-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The informant’s brother dead body was recovered from the campus of JMP-9, Jamalpur when the FIR was lodged against unknown. Subsequently, the name of the petitioner transpired since the petitioner and others lend some money to the deceased and they threatened to implicate when the money will not return for which the deceased lodged a Sanaha earlier. The learned Sessions Judge rejected the bail application of the petitioner since ATM card of the deceased was recovered from the house of the petitioner and others. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38975 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 2/3 The seizure list was produced while considering the anticipatory bail application of Putul Devi and Tapsi Bose when it was found that the ATM card of the deceased was recovered from the house of Jaleshwar Yadav. It is further submitted that Jaleshwar Yadav has been charge-sheeted when investigation is pending against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Jamalpur P.S. Case No. 50 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted on filing affidavit that he shall regularly co- operate in the investigation. The said affidavit will be transmitted to the I.O. concerned by the learned court below. The non-cooperation in investigation will give Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38975 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 3/3 liberty to the prosecution to file application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.