Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44444 of 2011 (2) dt.23-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44444 of 2011 ====================================================== Shambhu Giri Son of Late Jagarnath Giri R/O Village - Mubarakpur, P.S. - Marhowrah, District - Saran. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 02. 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Marhowra P.S. Case No. 209 of 2011 for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Considering the nature of allegation against this petitioner as also the nature of injury and the fact that it is on the chest being a vital portion of the body, I am not inclined to consider the prayer of the petitioner and the same is rejected. The application is dismissed. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.