Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18002 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Chandra Safi S/o Shri Ram Krishna Safi R/o Village- Narayanpur, Via- Vihsnupur, Police Station- Sakatpur, District- Darbhanga .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna 4. District Education Officer, Darbhanga 5. District Programme Officer (Establishment), Darbhanga 6. District Provident Fund Officer, Darbhanga 7. Treasury Officer, Darbhanga 8. Accountant General, Bihar, Patna .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Alok Kumar For the State : Mr. Tripurari Nath Ambastha, AC to SC 15 For the AG, Bihar : Mr.Prabhat Ranjan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMAR DATTA ORAL ORDER 3 06-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsels for the State and for the Accountant General, Bihar. The petitioner has approached this Court for payment of his entire post retiral dues pursuant to his retirement from service on 31.7.2010. Admittedly the petitioner while in service was placed under suspension on 13.10.2001 and by an order dated 8.5.2005 a departmental proceeding was initiated against him. The departmental proceeding was initiated on account of a criminal Patna High Court CWJC No.18002 of 2012 (3) dt.06-12-2012 2 proceeding under [STATUTE] against the petitioner. The petitioner was acquitted in the criminal proceeding by judgment and order dated 15.5.2010 of the Additional Sessions Judge, FTC-I, Darbhanga and pursuant to the same by an office order dated 24.11.2012 the District Programme Officer (Establishment), Darbhanga has exonerated the petitioner in the departmental proceedings also. In the counter affidavit it is stated that provisional pension, provisional gratuity and group insurance of the petitioner have already been sanctioned and steps are being taken for payment of G.P.F. and leave encashment which has been delayed as the service book of the petitioner has been lost and duplicate of the same is being reconstructed. In the aforesaid view of the matter, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to ensure that all the admissible post retiral dues are paid to the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. spal/- (Ramesh Kumar Datta, 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.