Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29484 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Lal Mahton .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 3(i)(x) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that on the order of this petitioner the informant was assaulted and made naked when the petitioner and one Mantun Mahton took the thumb impression of the informant on plain paper. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that previously the informant’s side teased the daughter of the petitioner for which some hot exchange was made and for the occurrence of 09.05.2012 the F.I.R. was lodged on 11.05.2012. It is further submitted that during investigation the accusation has been doubted by the supervising authority and the accusation under S.C. & S.T. act is not made out since the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29484 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 2 / 2 2 occurrence has not taken place in public view. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Nand Lal Mahton, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai S.C./S.T.P.S. Case No. 48 of 2012. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 147

Statute Text:
Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting. Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.