Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17611 of 2011 (6) dt.29-11-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17611 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Subodh Kumar Singh S/O Late Raghunandan Singh, Resident Of Mohalla New Mahadauri, Police Station and District-Jamui, At Present Reader in K.K.M. College, Jamui, District-Jamui and ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar & Ors .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 6 29-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. In this case, petitioners are challenging the F.I.R. of Jamui P.S. Case No. 118 of 2011 where the allegation has been made that the petitioners have not obeyed the order of the District Magistrate, Jamui to participate in the election process which led to filing of the present case and registered [STATUTE] (C) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 134, 159 of the Representation of People Act, 1951, and Section 125 (5) of the Bihar Panchayati Raj Act, 2006. After some argument, the counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this petition with liberty to raise all points before the court below at the appropriate stage. The permission is accorded and this petition is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17611 of 2011 (6) dt.29-11-2012 dismissed as withdrawn. This order has been passed in presence of the counsel for the State. Mahesh/- (Shivaji Pandey, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 171

Statute Text:
Section 171 of the Indian Penal Code. As described. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.—Whoever, not belonging to a certain class of public servants, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public servants, shall be punished with imprisonment of either descrip­tion for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.