Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1240 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjeet Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 15-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 21.09.2011 in connection with Sitamarhi P.S. Case No. 559 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi. The accusation has been levelled by the wife of the petitioner that the petitioner came to the in-laws house on 20.08.2011 and on 24.08.2011 the dead body of the small child of the petitioner and informant were recovered from the pond alleged to be killed by the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there was no cordial relation between the petitioner and informant, hence there was no occasion for the petitioner to go in-laws house and there are discrepancies with regard to the timing and manner of recovery. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1240 of 2012 (3) dt.15-03-201 2/ 22 inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. Amrendra/- (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.