Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.724 of 2012 ====================================================== Premchand Singh @ Tufani Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 23.8.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged against the petitioner that on the occasion of Tilak ceremony he resorted to firing which accidentally hit on the right thigh of the informant and subsequently on the neck of one Kamla Devi, who succumbed to the injuries. It is submitted that at best a case under [STATUTE] is made out. The injury caused to the informant has been found to be simple and from the FIR it is apparent that there was no intention of killing the victim. It is further submitted that the investigation is complete. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.724 of 2012 (3) dt.29-02-2012 2 / 2 2 present. Prayer for bail is rejected. However, the petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail after remaining in custody for one year. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.