Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4307 of 2012 (3) dt.26-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4307 of 2012 ====================================================== Daya Shankar Jha S/o LateShatrughna Jha, resident of village and P.O. Bhawanipur, P.S. Sakari, District Madhubani .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Law, Government of Bihar, Patna. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : None For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Khurshid Anwar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 3. 26.6.2012 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 7.12.2011 passed by the Sessions Judge, Madhubani in Criminal Appeal No.45 of 2011, by which he has affirmed the order dated 26.9.2011 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in Cr.Misc.No.785 of 2011, by which he has refused the petitioner’s application for prosecution of some persons [STATUTE] hat it was for good reasons that such an application was refused. I find no merit in the application. The same is dismissed. Narendra/ ( Anjana Prakash, J. )

Applicable IPC Section: 340

Statute Text:
Section 340 of the Indian Penal Code. None. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said "wrongfully to confine" that person.