Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39150 of 2011 (6) dt.09-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39150 of 2011 ====================================================== Nishant Bhardwaj, S/o Sri Dhirendra Mishra, R/o Mohalla- Mirzapur, P.S.Darbhanga Town, District- Darbhanga. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 6 09-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Darbhanga Town P.S. Case No. 96 of 2011, registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is Dewar of the victim. There is only allegation against the petitioner is that he took the victim from Naihar to Sasural. However, allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus and the husband of the victim has already been in jail cistody. Under the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, in connection with Darbhanga Town P.S. Case No. 96 of 2011, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39150 of 2011 (6) dt.09-04-2012

Applicable IPC Section: 304

Statute Text:
Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, If act by which the death is caused is done with intention of causing death, etc. Whoever commits culpable homicide not amounting to murder shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death; or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both, if the act is done with the knowledge that it is likely to cause death, but without any intention to cause death, or to cause such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.