Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6730 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6730 of 2012 ====================================================== Raju Prasad .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 47(a) of the Excise Act. The house of the petitioner was raided on the information that he provided drinking facility to the outsiders when seizure of huge quantity of liquor was made. While conducting raid, the family members obstructed and made assault to raiding party. It is submitted that other family members have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. Considering the nature of recovery, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner keeping in view that the raiding party does not claim to have found Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6730 of 2012 (2) dt.07-03-2012 any takers of liquor at the place if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Semri P.S. Case No. 152 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Buxar. With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 332

Statute Text:
Section 332 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty. Whoever voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, or with intent to prevent or deter that person or any other public servant from discharging his duty as such public servant, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by that person in 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 three years, or with fine, or with both.