Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24599 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24599 of 2012 ====================================================== Kailash Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 17.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 27.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Informant has admitted in his fardbeyan recorded by the police official of Pirbahore police station that he got information about incident from husband of the deceased and relation of the deceased was cordial with her in-laws though the aforesaid statement has been denied by the informant in course of investigation. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as a matter of fact, when fardbeyan of the informant was recorded, enemies of the petitioner were not present there but subsequently, when informant came in touch with enemies of the petitioner, they persuaded the informant to change his previous statement. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Kailash Mahto, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in Giriyak P.S. Case no. 70/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.