Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10742 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Wasif @ Wasif Akhtar 2. Md. Jamal 3. Md. Abid @ Abid. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3 (I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault, committing theft, outraging the modesty and abusing the complainant by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the occurrence of 19.10.2008 the complaint was filed on 25.10.2008 and the informant has retracted from her initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before the learned court below. Considering the delayed lodging of the complaint, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10742 of 2012 (2) dt.03-04-2012 2/2 event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Katihar in connection with Complaint Case No. 3369 of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (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.