Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3955 of 2012 ====================================================== Deepak Kumar & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that in the night the petitioners tried to establish forceful physical relationship by removing the cloth of the informant on 27.05.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that even assuming the accusation, at best the case under [STATUTE] . is made out and for the occurrence of 27.05.2011, the F.I.R. was lodged on 01.06.2011. Delayed lodging of the F.I.R. clouds the bona fide of the accusation, let the petitioners namely 1. Deepak Kumar 2. Sampat Kumar, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3955 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 97 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.