Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5382 of 2012 (3) dt.21-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5382 of 2012 ====================================================== Shiroba Devi@Saroja Devi@Sharifa Devi@Sheela Devi@Kusum Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 21.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Initially, case was registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police found case true under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased and she is languishing in jail custody since 12.8.2011. Furthermore, the impugned order reflects that prior to the alleged occurrence, an altercation had taken pace between the deceased and her husband. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Shiroba Devi @ Saroja Devi @ Sharifa Devi @ Sheela Devi @ Kusum Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Ravi Shankar, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Danapur District Patna in Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case no. 74/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 306

Statute Text:
Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. Abetting the Commission of suicide. If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.