Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8445 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Radhe Tanti S/O Sri Nankeshwar Tanti 2. Panchu Tanti S/O Late Rameshwar Tanti 3. Gelo Tanti @ Jelo Tanti S/O Late Rameshwar Tanti All resident of Village- Daffarpur, Police Station- Barahat, District- Banka. .... .... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 3 04-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Petitioners are accused for offences punishable under [STATUTE] to which subsequently Section 302 of the Code was added. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the FIR is against four persons, including petitioners and one Jyotish Tanti and the allegation is that all the accused persons threw kerosene oil on the deceased and co-accused Jyotish Tanti put him on fire. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that subsequently charge sheet was submitted by the police for offence punishable under [STATUTE] and in that view of the matter when the main accused Jyotish Tanti moved Cr.Misc. No.38140 of 2011 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8445 of 2012 (3) dt.04-06-2012 2 / 2 2 for bail, a Bench of this Court allowed his prayer on 17.11.2011 holding that submission is about petitioner’s remaining in custody for abetting suicide. Learned counsel for the petitioner also avers that the main accused person having been enlarged on bail there is no occasion for keeping the petitioner also in custody. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let above named petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Banka (Barahat) P.S. Case No. 167 of 2010. Sunil/- (S.N. Hussain, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 341

Statute Text:
Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully restraining any person. Whoever wrongfully restrains any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.