Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36899 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kaushalya Devi W/O Sri Ram Choudhary Resident Of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. 2. Sri Ram Choudhary Son Of Late Nanhaku Choudhary Resident Of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. 3. Rohit Kumar @ Rohit Kumar Choudhary Son Of Sri Ram Choudhary Resident of Village - Manki, P.S. - Bagengola, District – Buxar. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the parents and brother of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 323, 327, 380/34 of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the D. P. Act. It is alleged that subsequently the complainant died when the case under [STATUTE] . was also lodged in which the petitioner no.1 was granted anticipatory bail and petitioner nos. 2 and 3 were granted regular bail. In view of the factual background, it is a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36899 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2 / 2 2 fit case for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Complaint Case No. 1442(C) of 2010 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M. Bhojpur, Ara. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioners. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 328

Statute Text:
Section 328 of the Indian Penal Code. Administering stupefying drug with intent to cause hurt, etc. Whoever administers to or causes to be taken by any person any poison or any stupefying, intoxicating or unwholesome drug, or other thing with intent to cause hurt to such person, or with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.