Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30476 of 2012 (3) dt.26-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30476 of 2012 ====================================================== Sitaram Manjhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 26.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 7.10.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] on the charges that he along with other accused pushed the deceased from top of the roof as a result of which the deceased died after two days of the alleged occurrence. The learned trial court has reported that charges were framed against the petitioner on 18.7.2011 but up till now, only two prosecution witnesses have been examined and there is no possibility of conclusion of the trial of the petitioner in near future. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Sitaram Manjhi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge I, Lakhisarai in S.T no. 386/2011 arising out of Halsi P.S. Case no. 39/2011. Shahid (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.