Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24197 of 2012 (4) dt.07-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 24197 of 2012 ====================================================== Suraj Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 07-09-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to make necessary correction in prayer portion of the bail petition in course of the day. Permission is accorded. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act in which charge-sheet has been submitted under [STATUTE] as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act. The fardbeyan was recorded on 28.01.2012 with regard to the occurrence dated 18.01.2012 and the First Information Report was lodged on 02.02.2012. There is allegation that while the informant was lying on his bed in his house then Vishwanath Thakur, Dilip Thakur Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24197 of 2012 (4) dt.07-09-2012 and Suraj Thakur fired at him causing injury on his back which passed through and through and came out from chest and then got injury on the hand hence according to him three injuries were caused to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific averment that whose shot hit the victim. However, the witnesses are not the eye witness and have only stated that in paragraph 18 of the case diary the victim stated that Deepak Thakur had fired causing injury to him. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chapra at Saran in connection with Amnour P. S. Case No. 16 of 2012. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes 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 of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.