Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1142 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Surat Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 16-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the accused persons that they were attempting to remove the electricity transformer but on seeing the informant they fled away. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no such accusation has been made by the Electricity Department and in fact no theft was committed and the petitioner has been implicated in the case since he was on inimical terms with the informant. A statement has been made that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the 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, Aurangabad in connection with Amba P.S. Case No. 02/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 343

Statute Text:
Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining for 3 or more days. Whoever wrongfully confines any person for three days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.