Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30713 of 2011 Raj Kumar Kamti Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 04/ 27.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 13.2.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, deceased was full brother of the petitioner and alleged occurrence took place on a petty issue i.e. when the informant was chiding her son, petitioner intervened into the matter and started assaulting the informant and her husband with iron rod and bricks and subsequently, wife of this petitioner also came there and assaulted the deceased as well as informant. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that deceased was a drunkard and, as a matter of fact, he fell on earth in drunken state when quarrel took place between the parties on the aforesaid petty issue and moreover, the post mortem report does not support the allegation levelled by the informant. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Raj Kumar Kamti, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge FTC No. III, Purnea in Sessions trial no. 497/2011 arising out of K. Hat (Maranga) P.S. Case no. 21/2011. Shahid Hassan (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.