Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17167 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandra Deo Mahto & Anr .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the S.C./S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities)Act. It is alleged against the petitioners that they alongwith other accused taken away the father of the informant to Surat for providing employment but father of informant did not return hence a separate complaint case was lodged and on 10.01.2012 the informant was abused for not withdrawing the complaint filed by mother of the informant when informant was also assaulted. It is submitted that in the background of litigated relationship between the parties the present accusation has been levelled and for occurrence of 10.01.2012, F.I.R. was lodged on 17.01.2012. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17167 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 2 / 2 2 Delayed lodging of F.I.R. clouds the bonafide of accusation, let the petitioners, Chandra Deo Mahto and Binod Mahto, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Hajipur SC/ST P.S. Case No. 20 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Vaishali at Hajipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.