Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19700 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19700 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Binod Das, 2. Ashok Das @ Ashok Kumar Das, 3. Pramod Das, 4. Janeshwar Das, 5. Avinash Kumar, 6. Rajeshwar Das & 7. Godan Das @ Gudan Ram. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-05-2012 At the outset, it is submitted that petitioner no.6, namely, Rajeshwar Das has been arrested, hence, this application so far as it relates to petitioner no.6 has become infructuous. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner nos.1 to 5 and 7 are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of indiscriminate firing by several people including the petitioners when there is specific accusation of firing against Ramashish Das. The informant received two injuries on the head which were found to be grievous. The statement has been made in the petition that the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19700 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that specific accusation of firing is only against Ramashish Das, let the six petitioners, namely, Binod Das, Ashok Das @ Ashok Kumar Das, Pramod Das, Janeshwar Das, Avinash Kumar and Godan Das @ Gudan Ram, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their 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 the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in Rafiganj P.S.case No.218 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 326

Statute Text:
Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 335, voluntarily causes grievous 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 for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.