Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28595 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28595 of 2012 ====================================================== Kamla Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of making assault and abusing by calling the caste name and taking thumb impression on the plain paper. It is submitted that the thrust of accusation is against Shankar Prasad who was also accused in earlier case lodged by the informant being Harijan S.C./S.T. P.S. Case no. 385 of 2010 in which the petitioner is not accused. It is further submitted that for the occurrence of 9.10.2011 the complaint was lodged on 12.10.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 10.11.2011 and the offence under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28595 of 2012 (2) dt.24-08-2012 Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has not been committed in public view. It is orally submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Saran at Chapra in connection with Vaishali SC/ST P.S. Case No. 522 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.