Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17153 of 2012 ====================================================== Ganeshi Mahton & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-05-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 27 of the Arms Act and Section 3(1)((11)(X)(XI) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 namely Ganeshi Mahton has been arrested, hence his application has become infructuous. Accordingly the same is disposed off. It is alleged that on protest for being abused by calling caste name, Ganeshi Mahton assaulted the informant with lathi causing injury on the eye when other accused persons also made assault to the other family members of the informant. The accusation of litting fire of the hutment of the informant is against Awadhesh Kumar Mahton. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17153 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 2 / 2 2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that in a case under [STATUTE] . filed against the cousin of the informant, petitioner No. 2 is a witness when against other family members, petitioner No. 1 lodged a case being Khodawan P.S. Case No. 32 of 2010. It is further submitted that abuse has not been made in public view. Considering the fact that specific accusation of assault is against Ganeshi Mahton who has been arrested and the accusation has been levelled in the background of litigated relationship between the parties, let the petitioner Nos. 2, 3 and 4 namely, Ram Jatan Mahton, Jay Kumar Mahton @ Jay Kumar, Ravindra Kumar @ Kari Mahton, 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 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 37 of 2010. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.