Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20694 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ajeet Kumar 2. Sujeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 08-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioners took the husband of the informant for getting manual work when the wages were not paid and since then the husband of the informant went missing. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the husband of the informant, who was working as domestic help in the house of the petitioners and committed theft when the petitioners side lodged Complaint Case No. 1168(C) of 2011 on 06.06.2011 when the present case has been lodged on 17.06.2011 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20694 of 2012 (3) dt.08-11-2012 2/2 when in para 10 of the case diary it has been recorded that the husband of the informant has concealed himself somewhere to avoid the prosecution lodged by the petitioners side. It is further submitted that the investigation is still pending. A statement has been made in para 13 that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail till conclusion of the investigation in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Begusarai in connection with Barauni P.S. Case No. 187 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) .

Applicable IPC Section: 509

Statute Text:
Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code. Uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman, etc. Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and also with fine.