Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36851 of 2012 ====================================================== Minul Haque @ Goudha S/O Johaque Ali Resident of Village Halim Chowk, P.S. Kishanganj, District Kishanganj. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3(1)(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). The accusations are of making assault and abusing by calling caste name. It is submitted that for the occurrence of 07.03.2012, complaint was filed on 20.03.2012 which came to be registered as police case on 07.04.2012 when the offence under SC/ST Act has not been committed in public view. Considering delayed lodging of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36851 of 2012 (2) dt.27-09-2012 2 / 2 2 learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 139 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Kishanganj, 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.