Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39878 of 2011 (3) dt.07-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39878 of 2011 ====================================================== Sheikh Kamran @ Md. Kamran, S/O-Sheikh Azizul Rahman .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 07-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is languishing in jail custody since 07.09.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act on the charges that he used to torture the informant on account of non-fulfilment of illegal demand and on 04.09.2011, he as well as his other family members assaulted the informant and in course of that assault petitioner gave one dagger blow to the informant. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the informant has received simple injury and, as a matter of fact, the informant has filed this case with exaggerated story. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39878 of 2011 (3) dt.07-02-2012 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 162 of 2011. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.