Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5403 of 2012 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Sahani & Anr. . .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24.02.2012. Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that husband of the informant was killed at the hands of the petitioners being the agnates of the informant and on promise to compensate informant died not to lodge the case immediately after the occurrence. For occurrence of 03.12.2010 complaint was filed on 21.12.2010 which came to be registered as police case on 22.01.2011. The informant has admitted land dispute from before and cremated dead body on the alleged date of occurrence. Delayed lodging of the complaint clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the petitioners, Raj Kumar Sahani and Munkiya Devi, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5403 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 2/2 learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Khanpur P.S. Case No. 12 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Samastipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) .

Applicable IPC Section: 328

Statute Text:
Section 328 of the Indian Penal Code. Administering stupefying drug with intent to cause hurt, etc. Whoever administers to or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating or unwholesome drug, or other thing with intent to cause hurt to such person, or with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.