Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15271 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15271 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shamsher Ansari @ Pappu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 20.01.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the informant ten to twelve years ago and the first information report reflects that the petitioner and other accused were demanding cash to start a business. It is further contended by him that the impugned order reveals that informant sustained injury on her head by hard and blunt substance and therefore, the allegation of giving dagger blow to the informant appears to be incorrect. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15271 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Forbesganj P.S. Case No. 41 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.