Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29679 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29679 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramashish Sharma, 2. Sk. Fuddi alias Khurshed alias Md. Fudi Mom. 3. Vinay Sharma, 4. Ghanshyam Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of abusing by calling the caste name when the injury was caused by knife. It is submitted that the injury report reflects that the injury was caused by hard and blunt substance simple in nature whereas specific case of the informant is that injury was caused by knife. It is further submitted that earlier the informant got a case registered through servant in which the petitioners are on anticipatory bail and offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has not been Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29679 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 committed in public view. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Bhagalpur in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 458 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.