Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.3 of 2012 (2) dt.03-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.3 of 2012 ====================================================== Sita Ram Sharma .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwary, Advocaste. For the Respondents : Mr. S.C-6. For the High Court : Mr. Jitendra Singh, Sr. Advocate. Mr. Kamal Kishore Singh, Advocate. Mr. Shankar Kumar Thakur, Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-09-2012 The petitioner is informant of Beldaur P.S.Case No.65 of 2009 dated 05.08.2009 registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . A prayer has been made in the present writ petition to direct respondent no.3 to consider the chargesheet submitted by the police officer in the aforesaid case on 30.09.2009. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.3 submits that the Magistrate has already taken cognizance of the offence on 06.01.2010 on perusal of the chargesheet submitted by the police on conclusion of investigation. I find no merit in the present writ petition. It is dismissed, accordingly. B.Kr./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.