Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.485 of 2012 ====================================================== Shambhu Singh @ Shambhu Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 06-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that at the petitioner’s house some party was going on and when the deceased Ajit Kumar was returning after attending the party, he was dashed by the truck. Subsequently, a mob of three hundred persons put the truck on fire and killed the driver. It is further alleged that the petitioner and his family members participated in the burning of the truck and killing the deceased. Considering the accusation being general in nature, accused Vicky Kumar Pandit has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 26467 of 2011. I see no reason for the leaned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner and, preferably, dispose of the bail application of the petitioner in case he surrenders and prays for bail within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Phulwarisharif P.S. Case no. 191 of 2011 pending in the court of J.M. Ist Class, Patna. Let this order be communicated to the court concerned through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.