Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21445 of 2011 (3) dt.26-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21445 of 2011 ====================================================== Ram Kali Devi, wife of late Ramdei Sahani, resident of village Jogoulia, Nanhkar, P.S. Madhuban, district, East Champaran at Motihari .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Dr. Amrendra Kumar no. 1, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner 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. The charge sheet has been submitted under Sections 326/34 and 498A and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. There is allegation that the victim was burnt by sprinkling kerosene oil causing injury and the injury is mentioned in paragraph 38 of the case diary. However, the injury has been shown about 10 to 15 days earlier of filing of the first information report and the nature of the injury has been shown as simple. The petitioner is the mother-in-law and is in jail since 01.02.2010. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 23 of 2009 to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari, subject to the condition that petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date, fixed, and her absence, without any reasonable ground, on two consecutive dates, shall be a ground of cancellation of her bail bond. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.