Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20869 of 2012 ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Dubey .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that the informant being the police officer alongwith others went to the place of occurrence to investigate the case when this petitioner and others blocked the road and obstructed the informant in discharging their official duty. Considering the nature of accusation, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 96 of 2009 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20869 of 2012 (2) dt.25-06-2012 2 / 2 2 to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Motihari, East Champaran, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Learned court below will be liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner if the petitioner gets involved in similar nature of offence. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 353

Statute Text:
Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person being a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by such person to the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.