Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5276 of 2012 ====================================================== Mathura Prasad & Ors .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-02-2012 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioners that on their order one Pradeep Kumar inflicted knife injury on the chest of the informant. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that accusation was found false by the police and final form was submitted but differing with the same, cognizance has been taken and considering the same Pradeep Kumar has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 17473 of 2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Mathura Prasad 2. Ashok Kumar, in the event of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5276 of 2012 (2) dt.23-02-2012 2 / 2 2 their 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Bhagwan Bazar P.S. Case No. 24 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 342

Statute Text:
Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining any person. Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with simple 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.