Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21151 of 2012 (2) dt.11-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21151 of 2012 ====================================================== Tuntun Singh @ Diwarkar Rai son of Kanhaiya Singh, resident of village- Chilhar, P.S.-Itarhi, Dist.-Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The offence related to illegal escape of a renowned criminal from judicial custody after causing gun shot injury to a police personnel in court campus. It is contended that the petitioner is not named in the first information report and his name transpired in course of investigation. Having considered the serious nature of allegation in which name of the petitioner transpired, in confessional statement of a co-accused, as a person who conspired with other accused persons in committing the crime, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. Md.S./- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 224

Statute Text:
Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension. Whoever intentionally offers any resistance or illegal obstruction to the lawful apprehension of himself for any offence with which he is charged or of which he has been convicted, or escapes or attempts to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained for any such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.