Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21350 of 2012 (3) dt.31-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21350 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jahangir Mansoori S/O Md. Jamal Mansoori .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 31-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is in jail custody since 29.03.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is husband of the deceased and according to prosecution case itself, the marriage of petitioner had taken place with the deceased five years ago and after marriage deceased was residing in her matrimonial home. No doubt, deceased died within seven years of her marriage on account of burn injuries but in course of investigation, witnesses vide paragraphs no. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 stated that deceased committed suicide and just after the alleged occurrence she was immediately taken to hospital by the petitioner as well as his other family members. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21350 of 2012 (3) dt.31-08-2012 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 two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Nardiganj P.S. Case No. 28 of 2011. 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.