Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33097 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Arif .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in Barsoi P.S. Case No. 21 of 2001 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar. The accusation is of committing dacoity in the house of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was not named in the FIR. His name sprang up during investigation. It appears that others have been acquitted vide S. Tr. No.6456 of 2011. In view of this Court, it is a case for consideration of regular bail. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33097 of 2012 (2) dt.11-09-2012 2/2 weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 397

Statute Text:
Section 397 of the Indian Penal Code. Robber or Dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt. If, at the time of committing robbery or dacoity, the offender uses any deadly weapon, or causes grievous hurt to any person, so attempts to cause death or grievous hurt to any person, the imprisonment with which such offender shall be punished shall not be less than seven years.