Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29017 of 2012 (3) dt.11-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29017 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Chauhan, S/o Rabindra Chauhan, resident of Village- Rampur, P.S. Phulwaria, District- Gopalganj. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 140 of 2012, G.R. No. 1576 of 2012 registered under [STATUTE] . There is direct against the petitioner that he assaulted by knife blow on the abdomen of the informant. However, injury report suggests that an incised wound in left side size 3/4"x 1/2”x unassessed depth, incised wound of size 1”x1/2”x1” deep in right side posterior lumber region. The petitioner is in jail custody since 25. 05. 2012. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to this petitioner at this stage. However, the petitioner may renew his prayer for bail after framing of the charge. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, 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.