Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10683 of 2012 ====================================================== Haridas Singh @ Hari Shankar Singh & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-04-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 3(1)(X)(XI)(XV) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusations are of making abuse by calling caste name, inflicting injury and snatching cash as well as well as nose pin. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that both sides are neighbours and for petty dispute the present case has been lodged when petitioners’ side also filed informatory petition. It is further submitted that for the occurrence of 25.08.2011 the complaint was filed on 29.08.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 02.10.2011. Delayed lodging of the case clouds the bona fide of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10683 of 2012 (2) dt.03-04-2012 2 / 2 2 the accusation, let the petitioners namely 1. Haridas Singh @ Hari Shankar Singh 2. Mahendra Singh 3. Bhikhi Singh @ Sujit Kumar Singh, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in connection with Bhabua P.S. Case No. 401 of 2011. 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.