Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20440 of 2012 ====================================================== Chhote Bhandari S/O Sri Chulhai Bhandari, Resident of Village Lattipur, P.S. Bathnaha, District- Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. .... .... Opposite Party PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 05-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is an accused in Bathnaha P.S. Case No.159 of 2011 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no specific allegation against the petitioner has been levelled and there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioner whereas the specific allegation of assaulting the deceased is upon Chulhai Bhandari. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner has been implicated only because he happens to be the brother of Nand Kishore who is also one of the main accused in this case. Learned counsel further submits that he has no criminal antecedent. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20440 of 2012 (2) dt.05-06-2012 2 In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Bathnaha P.S.Case No.159 of 2011. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.