Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40706 of 2012 ====================================================== Vinod Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-11-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 3(1)(XI)(XII) of S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusation against the petitioner is of dragging the informant and when the informant raised alarm she was saved by the villagers. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 30.08.2012 the F.I.R. was registered on 01.09.2012 when it is not alleged that the occurrence has taken place in public view and no injury has been caused. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Vinod Yadav, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40706 of 2012 (2) dt.23-11-2012 2 / 2 2 released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Nawanagar(Sonbarsa O.P.) P.S. Case No. 151 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

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.