Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26106 of 2012 ====================================================== Janardan Mahto @ Janardan Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-09-2012 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] . The husband of the informant was killed by unknown persons when F.I.R. was registered against unknown. The name of the petitioner subsequently sprang up on the statement of Surendra Kumar the cousin of the informant, which is recorded in paragraph no. 17 of the case diary to the effect that he heard the name of the petitioner as one of the conspirators. It is submitted that the petitioner is a witness to the seizure list and only suspicion has been raised at the belated stage when the petitioner has no connection with the Maoist organization and the statement has been made in paragraph no. 12 of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26106 of 2012 (3) dt.20-09-2012 2 / 2 2 the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Dumaria P.S. Case No. 62 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Sherghati, Gaya, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.