Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13045 of 2012 ====================================================== Nek Mohammad Mian, Son of Late Ismail Mian. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The petitioner, who is in custody since 12.01.2012, in this case of the year 1997 wherein for two sets of accused persons trials are going on. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, especially, the delay caused at the hands of the petitioner, for the present, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, prayer for regular bail of the above named petitioner, in connection with Jogapatti P.S. Case No. 87 of 1997, pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, is hereby, refused. Simultaneously, the courts below are directed to proceed expeditiously with the trial. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.