Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3216 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3216 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramesh Yadav @ Hero Yadav @ Hero , S/o Laxman Yadav @ Laxman Prasad, resident of Nasariganj near Kushwaha Panchayat Bhawan, P.S. Danapur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD) 2 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 186 of 2005, registered for offence under [STATUTE] and Section 27 of the Arms Act. It is submitted that petitioner has not been named in the First Information Report and only material against the petitioner is that on the confessional statement of co-accused Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Paswan and witnesses in para 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72 have corroborated that Sonu Kumar has disclosed the name of his other colleague including the petitioner in the alleged occurrence as apparent from the order of refusing the bail petition of the petitioner by the learned Additional Sessions Judge XI. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3216 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that name of the petitioner find place on the confessional statement of Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Paswan before the police and Sonu Kumar has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 10772 of 2006. Under the facts and circumstance of the case, the case of the petitioner is better footing than Sonu Kumar, hence the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 186 of 2005. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.