Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10556 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rajendra Mahto 2. Rama Shankar Mahto @ Mantu Mahto. 3. Dinanath Mahto. 4. Mithilesh Mahto. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-03-2012 The matter was listed on the top for being taken up out of turn since the mother of petitioner no.1 has been died. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3 (I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The specific accusation is against Rajendra Mahto (petitioner no.1) and Akhilesh Mahto who is not petitioner before this Court. Considering the same, let the above named petitioner nos. 2, 3 and 4 be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10556 of 2012 (2) dt.30-03-2012 2/2 the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chhapra in connection with Morhowrah P.S. Case No. 138 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. So far as petitioner no.1 is concerned, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him, however since the mother of the petitioner no.1 has been died, let no coercive steps be taken against him for a period of three weeks only. With the above observation, the application with regard to petitioner no.1 is disposed off. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.