Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25586 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Rasid Miyan .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 04-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of entering into the house of the informant and made assault on the hand of the informant, his sister and the mother with sword. Co- accused also snatched gold chain from the sister of the informant. It is submitted that the injury has been found to be simple and the petitioner’s side lodged the case at earlier point of time against the informant. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25586 of 2012 (3) dt.04-09-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No. 70 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 354

Statute Text:
Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.