Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19899 of 2012 ====================================================== Ripu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-06-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 3(1)(X)(XI) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged that that on the occasion of emersion of idol of Saraswati the informant was abused by calling caste name and he was subsequently assaulted. The injury report with regard to Raju Das and Krishna Kumar has been found to be simple. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 10.02.2011 the F.I.R. was lodged on 16.04.2011 and the accusation under S.C. & S.T. act is not specific against the petitioner, hence it can not be said that petitioner has any intention to insult the informant. Considering the delayed lodging of the F.I.R. which Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19899 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 2 / 2 2 clouds the bona fide of the accusation, let the petitioner namely Ripu Kumar, 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, Khagaria in connection with Begusarai S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No. 54 of 2011. 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.