Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3238 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dhananjay Singh @ Dhananjay Kumar, 2. Akhilesh Singh alias Dr. Kumar Akhileshwar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of atrocities) Act. It is alleged that during the construction of drainage, some dispute arose with regard to stopping of the flow of drainage water when the informant was assaulted and was abused by calling the caste name. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that there was some dispute with regard to construction of drainage for which some complaints were made to the District Magistrate. The FIR was also lodged against one Suresh Choudhary at whose behest the present case has been lodged. Considering the fact that the accusation has been levelled in the background of dispute with regard to construction Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3238 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 2 / 2 2 of drainage, which clouds the bonafide of the accusation, 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 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Ben P.S. Case No. 87 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.