Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5232 of 2012 ====================================================== Tara Chand Pandey @ Arun Kumar Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 18.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that 4-5 unknown persons entered into the courtyard of the informant when they resorted to firing when one of the firing hit the informant’s sister Chinta Devi as a result of which she succumbed to the injuries. Petitioner happens to be the nephew of the informant. In the F.I.R., there is no accusation against the petitioner and after eleven days of the occurrence the informant named this petitioner as one of the accused. The informant’s conduct of naming the petitioner after eleven days lends the credence to the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that due to the land dispute, he has been roped in the present case. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5232 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with P.S. Sikraul P.S. Case No. 60 of 2011. Amrendra/- (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.