Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9973 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Pandey @ Jitendra Kumar Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section341, 323, 307 and 448/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Subsequently, [STATUTE] was added. The FIR is based on the fardbeyan of the victim. Though there is no specific accusation against the petitioner but it is a case of honour killing. In that view of the matter, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in Parsa P.S. Case no. 84 of 2011 pending in the court of learned C.J.M. Saran. Prayer is rejected. However, the petitioner may approach before the learned court below for regular bail which will be considered keeping in view that there is no specific accusation against the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9973 of 2012 (2) dt.29-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner and the victim died after fifteen days of the occurrence. Anil/- (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.