Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1732 of 2012 Shailesh Kumar Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 18.01.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner made assault to the cook of the school as well as the informant. The injury report does not reflect any injury. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the occurrence is of 15.09.2011, when the complaint was made to the Sarpanch on the same day but it was forwarded to the police on 07.11.2011. The delayed lodging of the F.I.R. and the fact that no injury has been caused and in view of some information being sought by the petitioner from the informant with regard to the school prior to the present case cloud the bona fide of the accusation, let the petitioner namely Shailesh Kumar Singh, in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai(Ramgarh Chowk) P.S. Case No. 461 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.