Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25182 of 2012 (5) dt.18-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25182 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05/ 18.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 2.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 27 of the Arms Act. The alleged occurrence took place in the year 2003 and it is stated that at the time of alleged occurrence, petitioner was armed with gun and he as well as other accused made indiscriminate firings as a result of which some persons sustained fire arm injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that alleged occurrence took place on account of land dispute and there is case and counter case between the parties and persons from both sides sustained injuries. It is further contended by him that other co-accused persons have already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by this court. It is further contended by him that learned Sessions Judge committed an error on record holding this fact that firing of the petitioner caused fire arm injury to the victims but, as a matter of fact, there is nothing on the case diary to show this fact that firing of this petitioner caused injury to the victims. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25182 of 2012 (5) dt.18-09-2012 submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ashok Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge I, Aurangabad in Sessions trial no. 1029 of 2011/09 of 2012 arising out of Haspura P.S. Case no. 24/2003. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.