Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14130 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Mujammil @ Md. Mojammil .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3 (I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault on the head, snatching Rs. 1,850/- and abusing the informant by calling caste name. The injury report reflects bruise and pain when out of four injuries, three injuries have been found to be simple. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the injury report does not suggest that the informant was being assaulted in the manner alleged in the First Information Report and the accusation under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is not made out since it is not specific in the FIR that it was in the public view. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14130 of 2012 (2) dt.18-04-2012 2/2 Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 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, Katihar in connection with Barsoi P.S. Case No. 24 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.