Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44753 of 2011 Gorak Manjhi @ Gaurakh Manjhee Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 02/ 13.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 17.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that even if prosecution story assumed to be true, then also, at best it is a case of [STATUTE] which is bailable in nature. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Gorak Manjhi @ Gaurakh Manjhee, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri S.K. Jha, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Hilsa in Karai Parsurai P.S. Case no. 82/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.