Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6867 of 2012 ====================================================== Sayeedur Rahman .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 21-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, electricity board and the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 135, 139 of the Electricity Act. Accusation is of committing theft of electricity. The arrear of the bill was calculated to the tune of Rs. 52,113/- whereas loss has been calculated to the tune of Rs. 39,000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the order passed in C.W.J.C. No. 101 of 2011 reflects that arrear amount was recalculated to Rs. 38,450/- which has already been deposited but direction of the Court to dispose off the representation of the petitioner has not been complied till date. Let the petitioner make payments of Rs. 15,000/- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6867 of 2012 (3) dt.21-03-2012 2 / 2 2 on the loss head which will be subject to the order passed by the authority. On deposit of the aforesaid amount, let the petitioner namely Sayeedur Rahman, 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, Muzaffarpur in connection with Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No. 386 of 2010. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 353

Statute Text:
Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code. Assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty. Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person being a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by such person to the lawful discharge of his duty as such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.