Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19828 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19828 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner took the signature of the informant to the river side and tried to strangulate and throw in the river. It is submitted that the petitioner is the brother in law (Sadhu) of the informant and the informant has subsequently retracted from the initial version. More over, no injury was caused to the boy. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19828 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Khajekallan P.S. Case No. 97 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 342

Statute Text:
Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining any person. Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with simple 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.