Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44692 of 2011 Rubi Devi, W/O-Ravindra Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- For the petitioner :-Mr. Harish Kr. For the State :- Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tiwary (A.P.P.) 02 12.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is Gotini of the deceased and is languishing in jail custody since 13.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although, the death of the deceased was unnatural but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that information regarding the condition of the deceased was given by her in-laws and after that she was taken to hospital but unfortunately, she could not be saved and after that informant lodged this case in anger. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 132 of 2009. 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.