Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22398 of 2012 (2) dt.27-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22398 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Subhag Prasad @ Ram Subhag Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.23416 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Dilip Kumar, 2. Jitendra Kumar, 3. Ashutosh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of indiscriminate firing by 10-12 persons and while fleeing the informant sustained fracture injury and one another person also sustained fire arm injury on his head. It is submitted that accusation of firing is not specific and earlier at the behest of the informant two brothers of the petitioners were killed. It is further submitted that except one case Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22398 of 2012 (2) dt.27-06-2012 filed by the informant, there is no other case against petitioner Ram Subhag Prasad. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner Dilip Kumar and others that they have no criminal antecedent. Be that as it may, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. However, let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioners in case the petitioners surrender within six weeks from today in connection with Dulhin Bazar P.S. Case no. 66 of 2012 pending in the court of learned A.C.J.M., Danapur, Patna. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioners. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.