Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18178 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjeet Singh @ Ranjeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2012 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 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of making indiscriminate firing when no injury has been caused to any one. It appears that the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail till submission of final form vide Cr. Misc. No. 37625 of 2007. In view of this Court, the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is not maintainable in view of ratio laid down in the case of Bishundeo Sahu Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors reported in 2011(1) P.L.J.R. 731 but the learned court below can grant regular bail in view of ratio laid down in the aforesaid case and in the case of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18178 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 2 / 2 2 Mahendra Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar reported in 2004(3)P. L.J.R. 491. Let the learned court below pass appropriate order in view of ratio laid down in the aforesaid two cases if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Karpi P.S. Case No. 61 of 2006 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Jehanabad. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.