Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36101 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Naresh Vishwakarma 2. Umesh Vishwakarma 3. Ramanuj Vishwakarma 4. Saraswati Devi 5. Kamla Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-09-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Prevention of Witchcraft Practices Act. Accusations are of making assault, taking away household articles and calling the informant ‘witch’. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the occurrence of 16.12.2011 the complaint was filed on 30.01.2012 which came to be registered as F.I.R. on 22.02.2012 when no injury was caused. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36101 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2 / 2 2 released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Anti P.S. Case No. 4 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 448

Statute Text:
Section 448 of the Indian Penal Code. House-trespass. Whoever commits house-trespass 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.