Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1515 of 2012 Arjun Singh son of Pragas Singh, resident of village Madhuban, P.S.Aurai, District Muzaffarpur Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02/ 11.01.2012 Heard Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is an accused of a case which has been registered for offences under [STATUTE] and 3(i)(x)(iii) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The informant Hira Paswan has given a written report that this petitioner and others have abused him in the name of his caste and has uttered foul in the name of the lady. Submission is that the informant filed the present case on 2 17.06.2009 but much prior to the occurrence, wife of one of the accused (Sakila Devi wife of Motilal Sah) had filed a complaint case bearing No. 2350 of 2008 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur and in that case, the informant of the present case is accused no.1 and only with a view to settle old score the petitioner has been implicated. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Hajipur SC/ST P.S.Case No. 238 of 2009. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.) 3

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.