Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18512 of 2012 ====================================================== Shyam Nandan Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 19-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was permitted to be withdrawn by an order passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this court vide order dated 17.01.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 114 of 2011. The present application has been placed before this Court in view of the order dated 16.05.2012 passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court and the administrative order of the Hon’ble the Chief Justice dated 25.05.2012. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the brother of the victim Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18512 of 2012 (3) dt.19-06-2012 2/3 was caught hold by Vijay, Shanker Pandey, Sushil Kumar Pandey, Munna Kumar Pandey and Raushan Kr. Pandey when Sushil Kr. Pandey and Vijay Kr. Pandey repeatedly assaulted the deceased with dagger. The post-mortem reflects only one injury. It is alleged against the petitioner that he assaulted the informant’s mother along with others. The prayer for anticipatory bail has been renewed on the ground that the non-assailant of the deceased Munna Kumar Pandey, Raushan Kumar Pandey and Sushil Kumar Pandey have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 5623 of 2012 and 7889 of 2012. Since the earlier anticipatory bail application was withdrawn by the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to interfere but since others have been granted anticipatory bail, it is a good ground for consideration of regular bail if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 114 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18512 of 2012 (3) dt.19-06-2012 3/3 Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) . .

Applicable IPC Section: 147

Statute Text:
Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting. Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.