Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27108 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramjee Singh & Ors .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their 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 that when the informant demanded his due wages, he was abused by calling caste name, assaulted and dragged by putting rope in his neck. It is submitted that no injury was caused to the informant and for occurrence of 29.02.2012, F.I.R. was lodged on 02.03.2012 and the accusation under S.C./S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is general against all the petitioners. It is further submitted that offence under SC/ST Act was not committed in a public view. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27108 of 2012 (2) dt.02-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Ramjee Singh, Prabhat Singh @ Prabhat Kumar, Deepak Singh @ Deepak Kumar Singh and Dilkhush Singh @ Dilkhush Kumar be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Begusarai SC/ST P.S. Case No. 21 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Begusarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.