Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22859 of 2012 ====================================================== Sri Kant Kumar @ Shree Kant Kumar & Os. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.23013 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyamdeo Yadav .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 29-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of demanding extortion Rs. 50,000/-, making assault and committing theft. It is submitted that for bonafide land dispute occurrence took place whereas there is counter version of occurrence also. Three persons have been injured by the informant’s side and petitioner’s sides have also received injuries. Learned counsel for the informant submits Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22859 of 2012 (2) dt.29-06-2012 2 / 2 2 that accusation is of demand of extortion and injury is on vital part of body. Considering the fact that both sides received injuries and the injuries have been found to be simple, let the petitioners, Sri Kant Kumar @ Shreekant Kumar, Amrendra Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mahesh Yadav, Ramesh Yadav and Shyamdeo Yadav, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 32 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Jehanabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.