Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23354 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 23-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged by the informant that when he woke up on the sound of gun shot firing he saw that Pran Yadav, Mithu Yadav and Rajo Yadav dragging Urmila Devi. Subsequently the dead body of the son of the informant, namely, Mantun Yadav was found at the door of Parmanand Yadav. It is further alleged that the petitioner fled away from the scene of the occurrence when it was suspected that the petitioner has conspired in commission of the offence. The suspicion was raised since the deceased has illicit relationship with Urmila. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23354 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 2/2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and the persons who were found fleeing away from the place of occurrence have been granted anticipatory bail. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Sonbarsa Raj P.S. Case No. 99 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 364

Statute Text:
Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.