Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8958 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajiv Kumar @ Raju .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act and 3(1)(X) of S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The specific accusation of causing fire arm injury on the chest of the informant is against Gorakh Kumar. Petitioner was not named in the F.I.R. and his name subsequently sprang up on confession of co-accused as the person who was also a companion of Gorakh Kumar. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that similarly situated co-accused Ranjan Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 20358 of 2011. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Rajiv Kumar @ Raju, in the event of his arrest or surrender Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8958 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi in connection with Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 99 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.