Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28669 of 2012 (3) dt.09-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28669 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikas Yadav @ Ramswaroop Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 09.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 25.8.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act as well as 17 CLA Act. Although the petitioner is not named in the first information report but the Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad has reported vide his letter no. 42 dated 25.9.2012 that the petitioner carries criminal antecedent of near about 30 cases. Considering the antecedent of the petitioner as well as facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail and accordingly, his prayer for bail in connection with Aurangabad (M) P.S. Case no. 78/2008 arising out of Sessions trial no. 79A of 2009/261 of 2011 pending in the court of Addl. Sessions Judge FTC no. IV, Aurangabad is, hereby, rejected. However, the petitioner is in jail custody since last one year, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial of the petitioner. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.