Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37824 of 2012 ====================================================== Avinash Kumar @ Awinash Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 12-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1) (x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that Rs.25,000/- was taken by the Bank Manager for processing the loan and subsequently when the money was demanded by the informant he was ousted from the bank, assaulted and abused by calling caste name and Rs.1200/- was snatched from the pocket of the informant by this petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the loan application of the informant was submitted n the regional office when the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37824 of 2012 (2) dt.12-10-2012 2/2 lodged a case against the informant on 24.04.2012 being Harnaut P.S. Case No. 81 of 2012 then the present case has been lodged on 02.05.2012 which clouds the bonafide of the accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his 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 CJM, Biharsharif in connection with SC/ST P.S. Case No. 26 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.