Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12583 of 2012 ====================================================== Manoj Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-04-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act. Accusation is of making assault of the informant and his mother. The injury has been found to be grievous. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no accusation of repetition of blow and only one injury has been found to be grievous, that can be a good ground for consideration of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Nathnagar P.S. Case No. 161 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12583 of 2012 (2) dt.11-04-2012 2 / 2 2 Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.