Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39882 of 2012 ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Pandey S/O Shushil Paswan R/O Village - Akashpur, P.S. - Telhara, Distt. – Nalanda. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of The Prevention of Witch Practices Act, 1991. The accusation of assault by fists and slaps has been alleged against Manish Kumar and Sonu Kumar when the petitioner assaulted the husband of the informant with iron rod when snatching of a Attachi containing ornaments, clothes and cash Rs. 10,000/- has been alleged against Amanti Devi. The statements have been made in paragraph nos. 7 and 8 of the petition that the injury has been found to be simple and petitioner has no criminal antecedent and for occurrence of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39882 of 2012 (2) dt.19-10-2012 2 / 2 2 22.04.2012, F.I.R. was registered on 22.05.2012. Considering delayed lodging of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Telhara P.S. Case No. 39 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. Hilsa, Nalanda, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.