Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26191 of 2012 ====================================================== Surendra Prasad Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 17-12-2012 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 135 of the Bihar Electricity Act. The accusation is of unauthorized consumption of the electricity for running AIRCEL mobile tower situated on the land of the petitioner through domestic electric connection of the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that AIRCEL mobile tower was being run on the generator and the land of the petitioner was leased out to the AIRCEL company when it is submitted on behalf of AIRCEL company that the AIRCEL company has transferred his business to Chennai Network Infrastructure Limited and intimation for the same was given to the petitioner on 20th of December, 2010 when neither the AIRCEL company nor Chennai Network Infrastructure Limited have been made accused in the FIR. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26191 of 2012 (3) dt.17-12-2012 2/2 In the circumstance, let the petitioner deposit Rs. 1,00,000/- before the authorities which will be subject to the result of the present case. On deposit of aforesaid amount, 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, Purnea in connection with K. Hat (Maranga) P.S. Case No. 382 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 353

Statute Text:
Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person being a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by such person to the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.