Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39728 of 2011 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Singh, S/o Ramanuj Singh, R/o Village- Gorgama, P.S. Nayagaon, District- Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rai Mukesh Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. R.M. Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN) 3- 03-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No.5 of 2010 for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner happens to be the husband of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that by reason of some altercation between the parties the deceased consumed poison for which the petitioner immediately took her to the clinic of Dr. Shashi Bhushan Sharma at Begusarai and that during the course of treatment the wife of the petitioner expired which is also manifest from the FIR. He thus submits that the allegation made by the informant against the petitioner and others of administering poison for failure on the part of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39728 of 2011 (3) dt.03-02-2012 2 family members of the deceased to fulfill the demand of dowry is not correct. Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel, let the petitioner, namely, Raj Kumar Singh 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Nayagaon P.S. Case No. 5 of 2010. SKPathak/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.