Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25774 of 2012 (3) dt.24-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25774 of 2012 ====================================================== Boudha Tanti .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 24.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 2.1.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. Petitioner is not named in the first information report but in course of investigation, it came to light that petitioner had illicit relation with the wife of the deceased and he committed murder of the deceased. Furthermore, on the basis of disclosure made by the petitioner, the pistol which had been used in committing the alleged crime was recovered from courtyard of the petitioner. No doubt, there is recovery of pistol on the basis of confessional statement of the petitioner but it appears that the aforesaid pistol was not sent for ballistic examination to ascertain this fact as to whether the aforesaid pistol had been used in committing the alleged crime or not and except confessional statement of the petitioner, there is nothing against the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, Boudha Tanti, is directed to 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 Ist Addl. Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur in S.T. no. 517/2011 arising out of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25774 of 2012 (3) dt.24-08-2012 Sanokhar P.S. Case no. 04/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.