Patna High Court - OrdersMahesh Rai & Ors. vs The State Of Bihar on 2 February, 2012Author:Dinesh Kumar SinghBench:Dinesh Kumar SinghIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Criminal Miscellaneous No.3445 of 2012
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                 1. Mahesh Rai
                 2. Indra Bihari Rai @ Indra Bihari
                 3. Nawal Rai @ Nawal Kishore Rai.
                 4. Harideo Rai.
                 5. Manohar Rai @ Manohar Kumar
                 6. Saroj Rai @ Saroj Raut @ Suraj Kumar.
                                                                  .... ....   Petitioner/s
                                              Versus
             The State Of Bihar
                                                              .... .... Opposite Party/s
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             CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR
             SINGH
             ORAL ORDER


2   02-02-2012Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the

                 State.The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a

                 case registered underSections 341,323,504,506,354and379/34of the Indian Penal Code andSection 3(I) (X)of the

                 SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.On refusal to work as a labourer, the assault was

                 made and it is alleged that Rs. 2,000/- were taken from the

                 pocket of the informant and the informant was abused by calling

                 caste name.2            Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3445 of 2012 (2) dt.02-02-20122/2It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners

                         that due to the grouping in the village the case has been lodged

                         and no specific accusation under SC/ST act was levelled and the

                         specific accusation is levelled against petitioner no.5.This court is not inclined to grant bail to petitioner

                         no.5, however let the learned court below consider the regular

                         bail of petitioner no.5 without being prejudiced by the order of

                         this Court if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six

                         weeks.Considering the nature of accusation, let the above

                         named petitioner nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 be released on anticipatory

                         bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned

                         court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on

                         furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two

                         sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned

                         Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Bela

                         P.S. Case No. 29 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down

                         underSection 438(2)of the Cr. P.C.




                                                (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)
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