Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19146 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19146 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Yogendra Ram S/O Late Paltu Ram @ Palat Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 18-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. According to prosecution case itself, the marriage of deceased was solemnized in the year 2002 whereas she died in the year 2010 i.e. after eight years of her marriage and moreover, it is also the prosecution case that after solemnization of marriage deceased gave birth to four children. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19146 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Begusarai in connection with Sessions Trial No. 189 of 2012 arising out of Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 499 of 2010. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 304

Statute Text:
Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, If act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.