Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44842 of 2012 ====================================================== Dr. Ajay Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-12-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that petitioner being Medical Officer of Referal Hospital, Rupouli examined an injured when the injury alleged to have been caused by fire arm when in the injury report the petitioner opined that it has been caused by hard and blunt substance when subsequently the Civil Surgeon found that injury has been found to be caused by fire arm. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner in his opinion has stated that his opinion is subject to the opinion given by the Civil Surgeon when the Civil Surgeon gave opinion without giving the size of injury and the nature of injury. Subsequently the Medical Board examined the injured after one year of the occurrence Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44842 of 2012 (2) dt.12-12-2012 2 / 2 2 when it was recorded that since injured has been examined after one year of the injury being caused, hence it is not possible to ascertain the cause of injury. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Dr. Ajay Kumar, 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, Purnea in connection with Tikapatti P.S. Case No. 61 of 2012. It is made clear that if in future, it is found that petitioner is so casual in giving opinion with regard to the injury then the matter will be seriously taken care of. Let this observation be communicated to the concerned Civil Surgeon. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 195

Statute Text:
Section 195 of the Indian Penal Code. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for 7 Years or upwards. Whoever gives or fabricates false evidence intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, any person to be convicted of an offence which by the law for the time being in force in India is not capital, but punishable with imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term of seven years or upwards, shall be punished as a person convicted of that offence would be liable to be punished.