Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6325 of 2012 ====================================================== Chhotu Singh@Jitendra Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3(X) (XI) of the of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that on 04.11.2011 this petitioner tried to establish forceful physical relationship and abused the informant by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 04.11.2011 the FIR was lodged on 05.11.2011 and on the same day the grand-mother of the informant lodged a complaint also in which the accusation was improved. It is further submitted that from the accusation levelled Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6325 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 2 / 2 2 against the petitioner, at best the case under [STATUTE] is made out and from the First Information Report and complaint itself, it appears that no medical examination of the victim girl was done. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Baroon P.S. Case No. 242 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.