Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22251 of 2012 (3) dt.09-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22251 of 2012 ====================================================== Vikash Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.27465 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 09.08.2012 Both the above stated petitions arise out of Ghorasahan P.S. Case no. 6/2011 registered under [STATUTE] and, accordingly, both the above stated petitions are being disposed off by this common order. Heard counsel for the parties. Petitioners are not named in the first information report but in course of investigation, the informant disclosed this fact before the Investigating officer that he had come to know that petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 22251/2012 snatched his motorcycle and sold the said motorcycle in Nepal. It would further appear that later on, informant claimed to have identified the petitioners. Learned counsels for the petitioners point out that one Brijnandan Paswan was arrested and made his confessional statement disclosing involvement of other persons and the aforesaid Brijnandan Paswan did not name these petitioners and subsequently, Brijnandan Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22251 of 2012 (3) dt.09-08-2012 Paswan was put on test identification parade and he was identified by the informant as well as one witness. It is further pointed out that the aforesaid Brijnandan Paswan was granted privilege of bail by the learned trial court itself. Learned counsels for the petitioners further submit that petitioners were put on test identification parade after five months of the alleged occurrence. Considering the above stated facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let, petitioners, Vikash Ram and Ranjan Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/-each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri S.K. Mishra, Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari (East Champaran) in respect of petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 22251/2012 and Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Motihari in respect petitioner in Cr. Misc. no. 27465/2012 in connection with Ghorasahan P.S. Case no. 6/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 394

Statute Text:
Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code. Person voluntarily causing hurt in committing or attempting to commit robbery, or any other person jointly concerned in such robbery. If any person, in committing or in attempting to commit robbery, voluntarily causes hurt, such person, and any other person jointly concerned in committing or attempting to commit such robbery, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.