Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43348 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunil Poddar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-12-2012 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 accusation is of entering into the school of which the informant is the Headmaster and asked the informant not to sit on the chair, abused by calling caste name, dragged the informant on the ground and took his mobile. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that for dispute with regard to taking drinking water, occurrence taken place when there is counter version of occurrence also. A statement has been made in paragraph no. 11 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and for Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43348 of 2012 (2) dt.19-12-2012 2 / 2 2 occurrence of 18.04.2012 at 9.30 A.M. in the morning, F.I.R. was registered on 18.04.2012 at 3.15 P.M. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Sarairanjan(Ghatho) P.S. Case No. 75 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. Samastipur, 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: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.