Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2581 of 2012 ====================================================== Upendra Das S/O Dhanuki Das R/O Vill Tiraskund, P.S.Forbesganj, Distt- Araria .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 02/ 27.01.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that from the betel shop of the petitioner 30 pouch of country made liquor and 7 bottles of beer were recovered when the nearby people rescued the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the FIR reflects that no seizure of the alleged recovered articles were made, which clouds bonafidey of the accusation. The aforesaid submission is a good ground Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2581 of 2012 (2) dt.27-01-2012 2/2 for regular bail. Let learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day if petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Forbesganj P.S. Case No. 199 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 225

Statute Text:
Section 225 of the Indian Penal Code. Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any person, or, rescuing him from lawful custody. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of any other person for an offence, or rescues or attempts to rescue any other person from any custody in which that person is lawfully detained for an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; or, if the person to be apprehended, or the person rescued or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is charged with or liable to be apprehended for an offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is liable under the sentence of a Court of Justice, or by virtue of a commutation of such a sentence, to imprisonment for life, or imprisonment, for a term of ten years or upwards, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; or, if the person to be apprehended or rescued, or attempted to be rescued, is under sentence of death, shall be punished with 1imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.