Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40496 of 2011 (5) dt.19-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40496 of 2011 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Paswan, S/o Chulhai Paswan, R/V Mujhaulia (Gobarsahi) P.S. Muzaffarpur Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Muzaffarpur Sadar P.S. Case No. 282 of 2010, registered under [STATUTE] . This petitioner is Bhasur of the deceased. It is alleged that husband of the victim taken her from her Maika and just after half an hour this petitioner came back and informed the husband of the informant that her daughter was ill and took her to Sadar hospital where she succumbed to injury. Post mortem report suggests that victim died by burn injury. However, there is general and omnibus allegation of demand against the petitioner and petitioner is Bhasur of the deceased. Under 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 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40496 of 2011 (5) dt.19-04-2012 Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Muzaffarpur Sadar P.S. Case No. 282 of 2010. 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.