Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23261 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajendra Prasad @ Rajendra Chauhan & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-07-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner Rajendra Prasad being own brother of the husband of the complainant got appointment after death of his father on compassionate ground when he undertook to maintain the family, but subsequently failed to keep the promise, when there was dispute between the husband of the complainant and Rajendra Prasad. It is further alleged that the husband of the complainant went in the company of Rajendra Prasad and subsequently his dead body was recovered. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that victim was the own brother when Narhat(Sitamarhi) P.S. Case No. 112 of 2011 was registered on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23261 of 2012 (2) dt.20-07-2012 2 / 2 2 12.12.2011 for the murder of the victim and charge-sheet was submitted against the F.I.R. named accused persons, when the present complaint was filed after two days of the registration of case on 14.12.2011 when the victim died on 11.12.2011. Considering the fact that for the murder of the husband of the complainant the police case was lodged at earlier point of time, let the petitioners namely 1. Rajendra Prasad @ Rajendra Chauhan 2. Satyanarayan Chauhan @ Satya Narayan Chauhan, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah in connection with Complaint Case No. 1223 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.