Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42059 of 2012 (2) dt.03-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42059 of 2012 ========================================== Anil Kumar Pandey, son of Surendra Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ========================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 03-12-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and SC/ST Act and 3 and 4 of damage to Public Property Act. In this case instituted against unknown in the occurrence taking place in retaliation of killing of one Barmeshwar Mukhiya, learder of a particular group. Petitioner’s name appears emerging during investigation and that too not through eye witnesses. Submission is of general and omnibus allegation, nothing specific and petitioner further carries no criminal antecedent except being roped in connected cases with same occurrence. If, it is so, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42059 of 2012 (2) dt.03-12-2012 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Nishit Dayal, Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Nawada P.S. Case No. 143/2012, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 332

Statute Text:
Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that person in the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.