Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31988 of 2012 ====================================================== Lallita Devi, Wife of Kailash Ram. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 20-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is languishing in custody, seeks bail in a case registered under Section 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code, is one of the named accused in this case with allegation of calling the informant’s husband for mutton, who went there and after getting the same ready for eating returned back to Chandra Nursing Home, where petitioner was present and, sometime thereafter, the informant’s husband found dead due to fall from the roof on suspicion of fall due to pushing to meet previous grudge. Submission is of false implication on mere suspicion and the police after investigation also submitted charge-sheet under Section 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code and cognizance has been taken for the offence under [STATUTE] . Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 149 of 2012, subject to condition to remain Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31988 of 2012 (3) dt.20-09-2012 2 physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.