Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14542 of 2012 (2) dt.06-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14542 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Umesh Rai S/O Lalu Rai Resident Of Village- Bhimalpur Derwa, P.S.- Mehsi, District- East Champaran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case instituted for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is submitted that though the petitioner is named in the first information report along with other persons with allegation that all the named accused persons have fired on the deceased but only one firearm injury could have been found in postmortem examination by the doctor who conducted autopsy on the dead body of the deceased. Similarly circumstanced co-accused Shikandar Rai @ Sikandar Rai @ Sikindra Rai has already been granted bail by order dated 12.3.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No.9019 of 2012 by another Bench of this court. Be that as it may, considering the facts and circumstances of the case the petitioner named above is directed to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14542 of 2012 (2) dt.06-04-2012 be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Mehsi P.S. Case No.205 of 2011 subject to the conditions (i) that both the bailors will be close relative of the petitioner who will give separate affidavit giving genealogy as to how they are related with the petitioner (ii) that the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him to disclose such facts to the court or to any other authority (iii) that he shall remain present before the court on the dates fixed for hearing of the case. If he wants to remain absent, then he shall take prior permission of the court and in case of compelling and unavoidable circumstances for remaining absent, he shall immediately inform the court and request that he may be permitted to be present through counsel (iv) that liberty is given to the State to make an appropriate application for modifying/recalling the order granting bail, if for any reason, the petitioner violates any of the conditions imposed by this court. Md.S./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, 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.