Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16560 of 2012 (2) dt.20-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16560 of 2012 ====================================================== Dina Nath Prasad, son of late Brahmadeo Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 20-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is in custody since 11.02.2012 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 25(1-b)a, 26, 35 of the Arms Act. The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case relating to protest raised by the mob during apprehension of one of the wanted accused Satyendra Kumar and some misbehave with the police party. Submission is of false implication, general and omnibus allegation and one of the co-accused Santosh Kumar under similarly situated circumstance has ready been released on bail vide order dated 16.04.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14433/2012 by a Bench of this court. Further, petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16560 of 2012 (2) dt.20-04-2012 If, it is so, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda, in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 49/2012, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 187

Statute Text:
Section 187 of the Indian Penal Code. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give such assistance. Whoever, being bound by law to render or furnish assistance to any public servant in the execution of his public duty, intentionally omits to give such assistance, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; and if such assistance be demanded of him by a public servant legally competent to make such demand for the purposes of executing any process lawfully issued by a Court of Justice, or of preventing the commission of an offence, or suppressing a riot, or affray, or of apprehending a person charged with or guilty of an offence, or of having escaped from lawful custody, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.