Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23607 of 2012 (2) dt.16-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23607 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jay Shankar Upadhyay, 2. Ram Kinkar Upadhyay alias Ritesh Ranjan Upadhyay (Ram Kinkar), 3. Manish Kumar Upadhyay alias Manish Ranjan Upadhyay, 4. Bhurelal Upadhyay .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that the informant being sitting Mukhia of Bilhari Panchayat while was engaged in getting persons in queue for photography for preparation of BPL list when the accused persons made assault and abused by calling the caste name and took out rupees five thousand and snatched golden chain worth Rs.16000. It is submitted that for the occurrence of 3.5.2012, the FIR was lodged on 14.5.2012 and the informant subsequently retracted from the initial version. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23607 of 2012 (2) dt.16-07-2012 petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Sikaraul P.S. Case No. 20 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.