Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34473 of 2011 (4) dt.07-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34473 of 2011 ====================================================== Ravindra Thakur, S/O-Jagat Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 07-02-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in prayer portion of his application within course of the day. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 01.08.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] but after investigation, police submitted charge-sheet under [STATUTE] . No doubt, petitioner is husband of the deceased but in course of investigation, it came to light that petitioner used to assault the deceased in drunken state which prompted the deceased to commit suicide. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34473 of 2011 (4) dt.07-02-2012 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge-II, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sessions Trial No. 606 of 2011 arising out of Baruraj P.S. Case No. 50 of 2009. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

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.