Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28551 of 2012 ====================================================== Sharwan Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-08-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing six persons by causing fire arm injury. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that others have been acquitted and some of the co- accused have been granted regular bail by this Court. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Madanpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2006, pending in the Court of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28551 of 2012 (2) dt.13-08-2012 2 / 2 2 Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.