Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16280 of 2012 ====================================================== Santoshi Ram S/O Late Saheb Ram R/O Village - Barah Patthar, P.S. Dehri, District - Rohtas At Sasaram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 03. 04-07-2012 Heard Mr. Krishna Prasad Singh, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Sessions Trial No.25 of 2011 arising from Dehri P.S. Case No. 442 of 2010 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the F.I.R. placed at Annexure-2 and 3, submits that for the alleged occurrence there is a case and counter case instituted by the parties. It is further submitted that although this petitioner has been charged with assault on the forehead of the deceased but the death of the person took place during the course of the treatment. It is further submitted that the petitioner has a clean antecedent and has not been involved in any other criminal case. The prayer Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16280 of 2012 (3) dt.04-07-2012 2 of this petitioner was earlier considered and rejected twice by this Court vide order passed in Criminal Misc. No. 16547 of 2011 and Criminal Misc. No. 35784 of 2011 placed at Annexure-1 series. Considering the circumstances, a report was called for from the court below and which has since been furnished and placed at Flag-A and the trial court of learned Additional Sessions Judge- 1st, Rohtas at Sasaram has stated that a period of nine months would be consumed in conclusion of trial. Considering the circumstances, this application is dismissed. The petitioner, however, is at liberty to renew his prayer if the trial is not concluded within the period aforesaid. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.