Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33570 of 2012 ====================================================== Parban Kumar @ Parmanand Kumar & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that one thief was chased while committing theft of onion in the field of the petitioners when on the next day his dead body was recovered from the well of Vinod Kumar. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that victim while running away, fell down in the well and considering the same, charge-sheet was submitted under [STATUTE] . but differing with the same, cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . when informant is not the eye witness to the occurrence. A statement has been made in para 16 of the petition that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33570 of 2012 (2) dt.05-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioners namely 1. Parban Kumar @ Parmanand Kumar 2. Ramashish Prasad, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sherghatti at Gaya in connection with Barachatti(Mohanpur) P.S. Case No. 174 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 304A

Statute Text:
Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code. Causing death by rash or negligent act. Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.