Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7253 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sushma Devi 2. Sunita Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged against petitioner no. 2 and Pankaj to have assaulted Lalti Devi when the injury has been found to be simple whereas petitioner no. 1 along with two others assaulted the informant when out of three injuries, one injury has been found to be grievous. Hence, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner no. 1 Sushma Devi. Let petitioner no. 1 Sushma Devi surrender before the learned court below within a period of six Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7253 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 2/2 weeks from today when the learned court below consider the regular bail of petitioner no. 1 taking into consideration the fact that petitioner no. 1 is lady and the occurrence took place in the background of land dispute and also the fact that against the accusation of making assault by three persons only one grievous injury has been found on non-vital part of the body. So far petitioner no. 2 Sunita Devi is concerned, since the simple injury has been caused by her in the background of land dispute, let petitioner no. 2 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Jehanabad in connection with Kinjar P.S. Case No. 15 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.