Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9958 of 2012 ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . , Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage of Public Properties Act and Section 3(1)(III)(X) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Accusations are of smearing black paint on the face of the informant, ransacking furniture and smashing documents in the office of the informant who is Electrical Junior Engineer. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since protest was being made for non-supply of the electricity when complaint was made to the higher authority also, hence as a retaliatory measure, the present case has been lodged, when no injury was caused to the informant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9958 of 2012 (2) dt.30-03-2012 2 / 2 2 or anyone nor it has been specified that which document has been smashed by the mob. It is further submitted that considering the accusation against the mob, other co-accused have been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 33528 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Pankaj Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 357 of 2011. Shageer/- (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.