Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20415 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Lalo Yadav @ Lalu Yadav 2. Vijay Yadav 3. Jyotish Yadav 4. Sato Yadav 5. Lakshman Yadav 6. Kushum Lal Raut 7. Kamaleshwari Yadav 8. Chintu Yadav 9. Ranjan Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Jag Deo Ram .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3(1) (x) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that Panchayat Mukhiya used to take work of contract labour from the informant but for certain dispute initially put fire in the straw of Kusumlal Raut and after making assault the jewellery and others articles were taken away. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20415 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 2/2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is not make out as there is no allegation that abuses were made by calling the caste name. More over, admittedly, the occurrence took place inside the house of the informant which cannot be treated as a place in public view and accusation of committing theft is the only non-bailable offence which is not specific against any of the accused persons. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Biraul at Benipur, District - Darbhanga in connection with Ghanshyampur P.S. Case No. 45 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 147

Statute Text:
Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting. Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.