Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2036 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2036 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Mishra .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. M.K.Jha, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Shardanand Jha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 03-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 29.09.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Subsequently, [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act were also added. The informant is admittedly not the eye witness to the occurrence as she came on hearing the sound of firing when she saw Sushil Thakur, Bambholi Jha and Devchandra Jha fleeing away from place of occurrence. It is submitted that the petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. but subsequently the deceased named the petitioner as a person who was obstructing the deceased’s servant from chasing Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2036 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 the assailants. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the 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 learned J.M. Ist Class, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani, in connection with Bhairabsthan P.S. Case No. 68 of 2006, G.R. No. 651 of 2006, T.R. No. 2118 of 2011. U.K./- (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.