Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30053 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Prasad @ Mukesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.30227 of 2012 ====================================================== Subodh Kumar & Anr. .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.30741 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikas Kumar @ BD .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault and abusing by calling caste name for not casting vote in favour of the petitioners. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30053 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 2 / 2 2 It is submitted that the petitioners never contested any election nor their any family members contested election. The offence under SC/ST is not made out since the occurrence has not taken place in a public view and one of the petitioners Mukesh Prasad appeared in the Railway Examination at New Delhi on 27.05.2012 on the alleged date of occurrence. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Mukesh Prasad @ Mukesh Kumar, Subodh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Vikas Kumar @ BD 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 Mokama P.S. Case No. 96 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 A.C.J.M., Barh, Patna, 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.