Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39607 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanjeev Kumar @ Sanjeet Kumar 2. Ram Ayodhya Mahto @ Ayodhya Mahto 3. Ranjeet Mahto 4. Rampari Devi @ Chanda Devi @ Champa Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the complainant negotiated the marriage of her niece with petitioner No. 1 Sanjeev Kumar when other petitioners are the family members of Sanjeev Kumar. The marriage was fixed on 15.12.2011 but thereafter further demand of Rs. 75000/- and motorcycle were made, as a result of which the marriage could not be solemnized and in spite of giving notice, the gifts were not returned. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that in the complaint nothing has been brought on record to suggest that any ring ceremony was performed and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39607 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 the date of marriage as given in the complaint is 15.12.2011, during the un-auspicious season which makes the accusation doubtful. Considering the same, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 84 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.