Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Revision No.792 of 2010 ====================================================== Santosh Paswan @ Santosh Kumar Paswan S/O Late Brahmdeo Paswan R/O Larkania Tola, P.S.- Katihar, Distt.- Katihar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raghvendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opp. Party/s : Mr. Ram Chandra Sahni, A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 03-07-2012 The petitioner, being aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 12th March, 2010 passed in Sessions Trial No. 401 of 2001 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge F.T.C.III, Katihar, though acquitting him of the charges under [STATUTE] , but convicting him for the charge under [STATUTE] , has preferred the present revision application under sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, questioning the correctness, legality and propriety of the impugned judgment. Admittedly, in view of conviction of the petitioner under [STATUTE] only, he has been released by the learned trial court after due admonition in exercise of the powers under section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act, Patna High Court CR. REV. No.792 of 2010 (2) dt.03-07-2012 2/2 1958. Obviously, now the petitioner is not required to serve out the sentence in prison. No case for interference is made out. The application stands dismissed. RPS/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 337

Statute Text:
Section 337 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing hurt by an act which endangers human life, etc. Whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.