Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7875 of 2012 (3) dt.09-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7875 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajesh @ Rahish Singh S/O Chandra Mohan Singh @ Muso Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 09-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 20.07.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Petitioner is husband of the deceased and admittedly, deceased died within two years of her marriage. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that own maternal uncle of the deceased stated in course of investigation that he came to know about the alleged allegation of demand first time from the mouth of informant of the case and furthermore, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that post-mortem report appears to be doubtful because no injury was found on the tissues of the deceased. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, I am not inclined to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7875 of 2012 (3) dt.09-07-2012 release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 888 of 2011 arising out of Belhar P.S. Case No. 91 of 2010 pending in the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-II, Banka is, hereby, rejected. However, learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-II, Banka/trial court is directed to conclude the trial of the petitioner as early as possible, preferably within one year from the date of receipt of this order. 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.