Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24869 of 2012 (3) dt.10-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 24869 of 2012 ====================================================== Chando Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 10-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . There is allegation that this petitioner along with others took the victim on 25.11.2010 and his dead body was found on 26.11.2010. However, the motive of the occurrence is alleged that prior to the occurrence, the wife of the deceased was taken on 21.11.2010 on the pretext of jhar phuk for giving birth to a child. The wife reported that she has been raped by petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only material against the petitioner is of last seen as the informant alleged that the victim went along with the petitioner and others. The death is said to be by strangulation. However, there is no eye-witness to the occurrence and the case hinges Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24869 of 2012 (3) dt.10-09-2012 on circumstantial evidence with allegation of last seen. The petitioner is in jail since 13.10.2011. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-1st, Jamui in connection with Chakra Pathar (Sono) P. S. Case No. 113 of 2010, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date fixed by the court below and any absence of the petitioner shall be subject to the satisfaction of the court below on reasonable grounds and further any absence of the petitioner on two consecutive dates shall itself be a ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.