Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16690 of 2012 (2) dt.07-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16690 of 2012 ====================================================== Arun Kumar @ Arun Lal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.16796 of 2012 ====================================================== Gopal Narayan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] and sections 4 and 40 of the Bihar Mining Act and section 27 of the Arms Act. On information of making illegal mining, the police raided the place when stones were pelted, firings were resorted to when 51 miscreants were arrested and 250 fled away. It is alleged against petitioner Gopal Narayan Singh that being a mine owner, he also participated in pelting stones and firing. Statement has been made in paragraph 5 of the petition Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16690 of 2012 (2) dt.07-05-2012 that petitioner Gopal Narayan Singh has no mining lease and there is nothing on record to suggest that the petitioners resorted to firing nor pelted stones. It is further submitted that no police officer received injuries. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner Arun Kumar that this petitioner has mining lease valid for the period 2007-12 when two of the labourers claimed that they were working under this petitioner but there is nothing on record that this petitioner was present at the place of occurrence and statement to that effect has been in paragraph 7 of the petition Considering the aforesaid facts, 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, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (Mufassil) P.S. Case No.170 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 337

Statute Text:
Section 337 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing hurt by an act which endangers human life, etc. Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.