Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12816 of 2012 (2) dt.12-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12816 of 2012 ====================================================== Binod Mahto @ Pankaj .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 12.04.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 28.12.2010 in a case initially, registered under [STATUTE] , 3/ 4 of the Explosive Substance Act but later on, [STATUTE] was also added. Petitioner is not named in the first information report but it appears that in course of investigation two witnesses claimed to have seen the petitioner and other accused near the place of the occurrence just after alleged occurrence. It appears from the impugned order that except the aforesaid material, there is nothing against the petitioner. No doubt, alleged occurrence took place in the year 1997 and petitioner could be remanded in this case on 28.12.2010 but taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions and keeping in mind that having similar allegation some co-accused persons have already been granted privilege of bail, let the petitioner, Binod Mahto @ Pankaj, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri R.K.Singh, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Sherghati, Gaya in Dumaria P.S. Case no. 19/1997. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.