Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23678 of 2012 (3) dt.19-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23678 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Kumari Nilam Sinha, 2. Pramod Kumar Sinha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no. 1 being headmaster of the school and petitioner no. 2 being husband of petitioner no. 1 are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged by the informant who is a Class IV employee in the school in question that petitioner no. 1 abused him by calling the caste name and took Rs.500 from the pocket of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that when the informant was absent for the considerable period and in his place other person was appointed, then the accusation has been levelled and for the occurrence of 29.11.2011 the FIR was lodged on 2.12.2011. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23678 of 2012 (3) dt.19-07-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai SC/ST P.S. Case No. 8 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.