Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32911 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Baleshwar Manjhi 2. Rajnath Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Petitioner No. 1 being PDS dealer and petitioner No. 2 alleged to be the instigator are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act. It is alleged that when the informant raided the PDS dealership of the petitioners then he found 10 quintals of wheat and 13 quintals of rice less in the stock when during the raid the petitioner No. 2 instigated the others to attack on the raiding party. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that informant is in habit of making assault to the PDS dealer for which wife of the petitioner No. 1 has lodged Complaint Case No. 1107 of 2012 against the informant and it is apparent from the F.I.R. that no proper verification was Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32911 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 2 / 2 2 made. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Baleshwar Manjhi 2. Rajnath Singh, in the event 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, Saran at Chapra in connection with Isuapur P.S. Case No. 40 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.