Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.48498 of 2012 ====================================================== Kaushal Singh & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-12-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 3(1)(X)(XI) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that for flowing water on the road the informant was abused by calling caste name and assaulted. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no injury was caused to the informant when occurrence has admittedly taken place at the door of the informant which can not be treated a place of public view. Considering the same, let the petitioners namely 1. Kaushal Singh 2. Milan Singh, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48498 of 2012 (2) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Sheikhpura SC/ST P.S. Case No. 42 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.