Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2414 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Kumar & Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 25-01-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that house of one Umesh Sah was raided when four hundred sachets of country made liquor of 200ml each were recovered and when Umesh Sah was arrested, the villagers tried to rescue him and petitioners also tried to snatch the arms of the police. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for the same occurrence, Hathauri P.S. Case No. 55 of 2011 was lodged in which only Umesh Sah was made accused. Though same accusation was levelled against the villagers in the said case, but in the present case petitioners and others have subsequently been named. It is orally submitted that petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the general nature of accusation when no injury has been caused to the police nor any arm has actually been snatched, let the petitioners namely 1. Vijay Kumar 2. Ram Ekbal Baitha 3. Rakesh Kumar 4. Birendra Rai, 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, Muzaffarpur in connection with Hathauri P.S. Case No. 56 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 225

Statute Text:
Section 225 of the Indian Penal Code. Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or, rescuing him from lawful custody. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; or, if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is liable under the sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such a sentence, to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, for a term of ten years or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is under sentence of death, shall be punished with 1imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.