Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38363 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Pulkit Sharma, S/o Basudeo Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.-Kirjain,District-Supaul. 2. Uchit Sharma, S/o Basudeo Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.- Kirjain,District-Supaul. 3. Jai Krishna Sharma, S/o Basudeo Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.-Kirjain,District-Supaul. 4. Vedanand Sharma, S/o Yogendra Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.-Kirjain,District-Supaul. 5. Pawan Sharma, S/o Yogendra Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.-Kirjain,District-Supaul. 6. Yogendra Sharma, S/o Govind Sharma Village-Bashi Sharma Tola, P.S.-Kirjain,District-Supaul. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 03. 14-02-2012 Heard the parties. The petitioners are in custody in connection with Kirjain P.S. Case No. 23 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Subsequently [STATUTE] was added to the set of allegations by reason of the death of the injured Gopal Sharma, the brother of the informant. The allegation as set out in the F.I.R. charges the petitioners and the others of assaulting the brother of the informant following an altercation between the parties and in the process all the accused have been charged with assaulting the brother of the informant and others. Learned counsel for the petitioners with reference to the postmortem report present at Annexure-2, submits that although allegation has been made against the nine accused but there is a single injury on the scalp of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38363 of 2011 (3) dt.14-02-2012 2 deceased. It is further submitted that the altercation having taken place with the informant, there was no occasion for the petitioners to have assaulted his brother. Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel and having perused the materials on record, let the petitioners Pulkit Sharma, Uchit Sharma, Jai Krishna Sharma, Vedanand Sharma, Pawan Sharma and Yogendra Sharma be released on bail upon each one of them furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Birpur, District-Supaul in connection with Kirjain P.S. Case No. 23 of 2011. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 337

Statute Text:
Section 337 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing hurt by an act which endangers human life, etc. Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.