Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2430 of 2012 ====================================================== Bharat Prasad Sahi .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Subsequently, [STATUTE] . was also added. It is alleged that on the basis of power of attorney executed by the husband of the informant in favour of Ratnesh Kumar Singh and Ratnesh Kumar Singh executed the sale deed in favour of this petitioner. It is further alleged that on the alleged date of occurrence the husband of the informant was in intoxicated position and enquiry report suggests that the petitioner and others administered the deceased some liquid in his mouth. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that power of attorney executed in favour Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2430 of 2012 (3) dt.13-07-2012 2 / 2 2 of Ratnesh Kumar Singh and the petitioner is a bonafide purchaser and due to suspicion accusation has been levelled against the petitioner as there is no evidence in the case diary that the petitioner was seen in the company of the victim. Moreover, the post mortem does not support any resisting injury and viscera has been preserved. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kanti P.S. Case No. 62 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 302

Statute Text:
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Murder. Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.