Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37176 of 2011 (3) dt.08-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37176 of 2011 ====================================================== Subodh Rai @ Subodh Kr. Rai .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER ----------- 03/ 08.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 12.8.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act but after investigation, police submitted charge sheet under [STATUTE] against the petitioner only. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that deceased was a patient of tuberculosis and, as a matter of fact, she died of her ailment and that is the reason neither any external nor any internal injury was found at the time of post mortem of the deceased. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Subodh Rai @ Subodh Kr. Rai, 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dalsingsarai in Vidyapati Nagar P.S. Case no. 20/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 306

Statute Text:
Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. Abetting the Commission of suicide. If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.