Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.576 of 2012 ====================================================== Shankar Manjhi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 23-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 15.09.2011 in connection with Ekma P.S. Case No. 102 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran. It is alleged against the petitioner and one Ishwar Manjhi to have caused injury on the neck of the informant. The accusation gets corroborated from the injury report. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since the victim had illicit relationship with the girl of the scheduled castes community hence the occurrence took place. Considering the nature of accusation, this Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.576 of 2012 (3) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at present. Accordingly the prayer for bail is rejected. The petitioner is at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.