Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20561 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pasi Manjhi S/O Late Bilat Manjhi @ Bilatu Manjhi Resident Of Village- Niyamatpur, P.S.- Masaurhi, Dist.- Patna .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 06-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is accused in Masaurhi P.S. Case No.251 of 2007 (Sessions Trial No.75/2 of 2011) for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the learned court below has found that when the son of the petitioner namely Tarun Manjhi went to Sunder Manjhi who was lying beneath a tree under the influence of liquor, the deceased slapped him and in retaliation, Tarun Manjhi went to his house and came with a Khanti along with his friend and killed the deceased brutally. In the said circumstances, there is no allegation against the petitioner of killing the deceased rather it transpires that the allegation against the petitioner is only that due to his love for his son, he tried to make the dead body disappear. Learned counsel further submits that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20561 of 2012 (2) dt.06-06-2012 2 petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since several months. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge-II, Patna in connection with Masaurhi P.S.Case No.251 of 2011 (Sessions Trial No.75/2 of 2011). ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.