Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19885 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandra Prabhat Shekhar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-06-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and 27 of the Arms Act. It is alleged by the informant that when he was returning after appearing at the examination, eight to nine persons started firing and subsequently he was assaulted by hockey sticks. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioner that from the F.I.R. itself it appears that no firm arm injury was caused and in fact the informant did not receive any substantial injury and accusation of resorting firing has not been found true during investigation and due to the student’s rivalry the present case has been lodged. It is further submitted that petitioner has been implicated in one other case apart from the present case by the informant. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19885 of 2012 (2) dt.21-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Chandra Prabhat Shekhar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Pirbahore P.S. Case No. 54 of 2011, G.R. No. 947 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 148

Statute Text:
Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code. Rioting armed with deadly Weapon. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.