Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25252 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25252 of 2012 ====================================================== Lookman Mian @ Lukman Ansari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 27 of the Arms Act. The accusation is of firing between two groups. It is alleged that the petitioner was member of one of the groups headed by Madan Singh. It is submitted that no injury was caused to any one. This court is not inclined to interfere in the matter as the case was instituted in 1999. However, in view of this court, the contentions of learned counsel for the petitioner can be good grounds for consideration of regular bail of the petitioner by the learned court below in case the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from today in connection with Manjhi P.S. Case no. 64 of 1999 pending in the court of learned J.M., Saran at Chapra. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25252 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observation/direction. Let this order be transmitted through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 149

Statute Text:
Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. If an offence be committed by any member of an unlawful assembly, every other member of such assembly shall be guilty of the offence. If an offence is committed by any member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object, every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.