IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.21095 of 2009 UDAY SHANKAR SINGH @ GUDDU SINGH @ UDAY SHANKAR KUMAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 17.08.2009 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking bail in a case initially instituted under diverse sections of the Penal Code including section 384 IPC as also under different provisions of the SC and ST Act. As per allegation in the FIR, the petitioner in absence of the informant abused his children and threatened them with dire consequences. On the following day, he again arrived at the house of the informant armed with a pistol and called the informant by his caste name. Further allegation is that he demanded a sum of rupees one lakh as Rangdari. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the police upon conclusion of the investigation, did not find the allegation of demand of amount true and, as such, charge-sheet was filed under section 384 IPC and under diverse sections of the SC & ST Act. It is contended that the wife of the present petitioner has lodged a complaint against the informant (Panchayat Sevak) for embezzlement of Government funds. He refers to and relies upon the documents placed at Annexure-3 It is further contended that cognizance has been taken under section 409 IPC. Learned counsel for the informant, on the other hand, refers to different paragraphs of the case diary and submits that the petitioner in presence of the local B.D.O. also abused and threatened him. This fact, according to him, is noted in paragraph 8 of the case diary. It is contended that the allegations constituting offence(s) under the SC & ST Act have 2 been found to be true. Looking to both aspects of the matter, this Court is persuaded to admit the petitioner abovenamed to bail. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 257/06, subject to the condition that one of the bailors shall be his own/close family member and that the petitioner shall report to the officer-in-charge of Hathiawan police station once every month for a period of five months from the date of his release. In case of default in personal appearance, the concerned officer-in- charge shall promptly report the matter to the court in seisin of the case, whereafter the court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner and secure his arrest in accordance with law. Hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )