Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29630 of 2012 ====================================================== Sita Ram Mahto & Ors. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(xi) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusations are of making assault, committing theft in the house of the informant and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that for occurrence of 02.05.2012, F.I.R. has been lodged on 09.05.2012 when the statement has been made in paragraph no. 9 of the petition that no injury was received by the informant nor any injury report is on record and admittedly, occurrence took place inside the house of the informant hence, it can not be treated to have been committed in a public view. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29630 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering delayed lodging of the F.I.R., let the petitioners, Sita Ram Mahto, Parma Mahto @ Parma Nand Mahto, Dinesh Mahto, Balmiki Mahto and Bhajan Mahto, 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 Muffasil P.S. Case No.132 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Begusarai, 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.