Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45260 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Babu Singh, son of late Deo Sharan Singh 2. Smt. Neelam Devi, wife of Sri Ram Babu, both residents of Bara, P.S. Naubatpur, district Patna .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 22-11-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. There is general and omni bus allegation that the petitioners have subjected the deceased to cruelty and they are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased and are in jail since 27.07.2012. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, above named, are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 170 of 2012 to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.