Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26714 of 2011 (5) dt.29-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26714 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Bajo Ravidas @ Bajo Das, s/o late Bideshi Ravidas 2. Janak Devi, w/o Bajo Ravidas @ Bajo Das, both residents of village, P.O. & P.S. Mehus, district Sheikhpura .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Shanti Devi, w/o Domen Ravidas, resident of village Kutant, P.S. Barbigha, district Sheikhpura .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 29-06-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. There is allegation of demand of cow and subjecting cruelty for non-fulfillment of the demand. The deceased was done to death and the dead body was disposed off. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case that there is general and omni bus allegation against these petitioners, the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bounds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Mehus P.S. Case No. 7 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code and subject to the condition that the husband of the deceased shall surrender. 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.