Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1853 of 2012 ====================================================== Sujeet Kumar @ Pappu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. A.K. Thakur. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. A. MP. Mehta, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 23-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 3(I) (X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is that the informant was pushed out from the queue for taking fertilizer and his land receipts were snatched and subsequently Rs. 320/- was taken out from the informant’s pocket. It is submitted that the earlier petitioner’s side lodged Hulasganj P.S. Case No. 71 of 2011 against the informant. Considering the earlier lodging of the case by the petitioner which clouds the bona fide of the accusation, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1853 of 2012 (2) dt.23-01-2012 2/2 above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Hulasganj P.S. Case No. 72/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with 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.