Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28631 of 2012 ====================================================== Kundan Patel .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. It is alleged against this petitioner that he assaulted one Ramesh Ram by Lathi. The accused persons also assaulted Laxman Ram husband of the informant due to which he succumbed to injuries. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that accusation was found false against the petitioner during investigation and when post mortem reflects no injury and considering the same, Gurucharan Patel has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 34684 of 2011. This Court sees no reason for the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28631 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Jogapatti (Nawalpur) P.S. Case No. 71 of 2009 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., West Champaran at Bettiah. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.