Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33956 of 2012 (2) dt.12-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33956 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged that in the marriage ceremony of the daughter of the petitioner dance performance was going on when one injury was caused to Santosh Kumar and during treatment he died. It is submitted that the petitioner was actually engaged in performing the marriage of his daughter and none has seen as to who actually fired. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33956 of 2012 (2) dt.12-09-2012 satisfaction of learned ACJM, Danapur in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 46 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioner will be accepted on filing of an affidavit by the petitioner before the learned court below that he will regularly cooperate with the investigation. The said affidavit will be transmitted by the learned court below to the concerned I.O. Non cooperation in investigation by the petitioner will give liberty to prosecution to file application for cancellation of bail by learned court below. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.