Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33836 of 2011 ============================================== Gaurishankar Prasad S/o Late Chhotelal Prasad, R/0-Vill.- Bharati, Wazirganj, P.S.-Wazirganj, Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ============================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Deepak Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.K.Pandey, APP ============================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN) 3 25-01-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Wazirganj P.S.Case No.152 of 2011 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Taking into consideration the nature of injury as also the fact that it was on the scalp of the informant being vital portion of the body, I am not inclined to consider the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33836 of 2011 (3) dt.25-01-2012 2 prayer of the petitioner and the same is rejected. The application is dismissed. ahk (Jyoti Saran, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.