Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13704 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13704 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Yadav @ Laxman Yadav, 2. Azad Ansari, 3. Saheb Ansari, 4. Narayan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 15-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and Section 3(1)(v) (x)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The accusations are of making assault, committing theft and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that the informant Gyandeo Baitha is the agnate of Budhdeo Baitha. The petitioners supported Budhdeo Baitha with respect to a dispute between the informant and his agnate, hence, they have been roped in the present case. It is further submitted that the present case has been lodged by Gyandeo Baitha for the occurrence of 22.12.2011 and for the occurrence of the same date, the agnate of the informant of the present case, namely, Budhdeo Baitha also lodged Jagdishpur P.S. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13704 of 2012 (3) dt.15-05-2012 Case no. 171 of 2011 making accusation under [STATUTE] and the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the fact that there is counter version of the occurrence by the brother of the informant where the petitioners have not been made accused, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 170 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.