Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41452 of 2011 (3) dt.27-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41452 of 2011 ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Singh, S/O-Late Suresh Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) 3 27-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is languishing in jail custody in a case registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] . It is an admitted case of the prosecution that deceased was indulged in fire in her kitchen and after the aforesaid incident, she was taken to hospital by the petitioner as well as his other family members and after that she was brought to S.K.M.C.H., Muzaffarpur where she succumbed to her burn injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner referred Para-35 of the case diary and submitted that one driver who drove the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41452 of 2011 (3) dt.27-01-2012 vehicle to hospital stated in his statement that the deceased was taken to hospital by the petitioner as well as his other family members. Although, the deceased died within two years of her marriage in other than normal circumstances and the allegation of demand of dowry has also been levelled against the petitioner but 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, Chapra, Saran in connection with Maker P.S. Case No. 47 of 2010. SHAHZAD/- (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.