Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16857 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ram Ishwar Rai 2. Jagarnath Rai. 3. Baidyanath Rai. 4. Sunil rai. 5. Singar Rai. 6. Bhagat Rai @ Shiv Kumar. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 08-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the police arrested one Yadunandan Pandey when he was sitting at the house of Ram Rameshwar Rai and when Ram Ishwar Pandey and Yadunandan Pandey raised alarm, 30-40 people forcibly got released Yadunandan Pandey. The petitioners have been identified by Chaukidar. Considering the fact that the accusation has been levelled against the mob, let the above named petitioners 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) each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16857 of 2012 (2) dt.08-05-2012 2/2 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 53 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. . Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 225

Statute Text:
Section 225 of the Indian Penal Code. Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or, rescuing him from lawful custody. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; or, if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is liable under the sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such a sentence, to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, for a term of ten years or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is under sentence of death, shall be punished with 1imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.