Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47042 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 47042 of 2012 ====================================================== Basudeo Rikiyashan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 14-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of assault by the petitioner, Suryadeo Rikiyashan @ Bhuiyan, Arun Bhuiyan and others. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the victim died, though the case has been lodged under [STATUTE] but after death of the victim [STATUTE] has been added. Though the bail petition of the petitioner along with Suryadeo Rikiyashan @ Bhuiyan, Arun Bhuiyan has been rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, Aurangabad but Suryadeo Rikiyashan @ Bhuiyan and Arun Bhuiyan have been granted bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 13.08.2012 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47042 of 2012 (2) dt.14-12-2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 22548 of 2012 and the case of the petitioner is on similar footing. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Dhibra P. S. Case No. 10 of 2012. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 348

Statute Text:
Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting confession or information, or of compelling restoration of property etc. Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined or any person interested in the person confined any confession or any information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the person confined or any person interested in the person confined to restore or to cause the restoration of any property or valuable security or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.