Case Facts:
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.3 of 2012 (2) dt.03-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ No.3 of 2012 ====================================================== Sita Ram Sharma .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwary, Advocaste. For the Respondents : Mr. S.C-6. For the High Court : Mr. Jitendra Singh, Sr. Advocate. Mr. Kamal Kishore Singh, Advocate. Mr. Shankar Kumar Thakur, Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 03-09-2012 The petitioner is informant of Beldaur P.S.Case No.65 of 2009 dated 05.08.2009 registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . A prayer has been made in the present writ petition to direct respondent no.3 to consider the chargesheet submitted by the police officer in the aforesaid case on 30.09.2009. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.3 submits that the Magistrate has already taken cognizance of the offence on 06.01.2010 on perusal of the chargesheet submitted by the police on conclusion of investigation. I find no merit in the present writ petition. It is dismissed, accordingly. B.Kr./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 149

Statute Text:
Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. If an offence be committed by any member of an unlawful assembly, every other member of such assembly shall be guilty of the offence. If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.