Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20483 of 2012 ====================================================== Gopal Singh, S/O Ram Shanker Singh @ Chhote Singh, Resident Of Village- Pahsara, P.S.- Nawkothi, District- Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sada Nand Roy, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. B.N. Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== 2 06-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is an accused for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is not named in the F.I.R. and only on the basis of suspicion petitioner has been apprehended because he was a professional driver. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the time of occurrence was between 10.00 p.m. – 11.00 p.m. on 13.03.2005, whereas the petitioner had been seen along with one Pankaj Singh much prior to 8.30 p.m. on the same day at another place going towards Maheshwara, hence there was no occasion for implicating the petitioner in the instant case. Furthermore, the co-accused Pankaj Singh has already been enlarged on bail by the court below itself, whereas another co-accused Md. Jamil has Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20483 of 2012 (2) dt.06-06-2012 2 been enlarged on bail on the order of a Bench of this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner avers that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case and he has got no criminal antecedent. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed. Let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000.00 (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri R.R. Sahay, Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Nawkothi P.S. Case No. 17 of 2005. Harish/- (S.N. Hussain, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 394

Statute Text:
Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code. Person voluntarily causing hurt in committing or attempting to commit robbery, or any other person jointly concerned in such robbery. If any person, in committing or in attempting to commit robbery, voluntarily causes hurt, such person, and any other person jointly concerned in committing or attempting to commit such robbery, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.