Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26212 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26212 of 2012 ====================================================== Chhedi Mallik .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 25.07.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 11.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Admittedly, petitioner is husband of maternal sister of the informant and it is stated that petitioner along with one Bilash Mallik caught hold of the informant whereas Lalit Mallik poured kerosene oil and lit fire on the person of the informant. Admittedly, co–accused Bilash Mallik has already been granted privilege of bail by another bench of this court. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chhedi Mallik, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in Simri P.S. Case no. 138/2011. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.