Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39943 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajeshwar Singh S/O Rampati Singh R/O Village - Piyas, P.S. Sonhan, District - Kaimur 2. Hanshlal Singh S/O Butan Singh R/O Village - Mahuwat, P.S. Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 3. Lallan Singh S/O Late Lagan Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 4. Upendra Singh S/O Lallan Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 5. Munna Singh S/O Lallan Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 6. Ram Ashish Singh S/O Late Naresh Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 7. Lallu Singh S/O Late Dudhnath Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 8. Harendra Singh S/O Lallu Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 9. Devendra Singh S/O Lallu Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 10. Ramkirit Bhagat S/O Late Rambriksha Bhagat R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 11. Lili Bhagat S/O Late Rambriksha Bhagat R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 12. Rajendra Jaiswal S/O Late Bihari Sah R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 13. Chandrashekhar Singh S/O Prasad Singh R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 14. Lakshami Paswan S/O Halkhori Paswan R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 15. Jang Bahadur Paswan S/O Lakshami Paswan R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) 16. Mahendra Bhagat S/O Thaga Bhagat R/O Village - Akauni, Police Station - Sonhan, District - Kaimur ( Bhabhua ) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39943 of 2012 (2) dt.01-11-2012 2/2 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the accused persons detained the police and tried to snatch the arms. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the police went to investigate the case registered under [STATUTE] in which the petitioners were not accused and the accusation is not specific against the petitioners. A statement has been made in para 11 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. 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 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, Kaimur at Bhabhua in connection with Bhabhua P.S. Case No. 113 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 342

Statute Text:
Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining any person. Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with simple 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.