IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.52545 OF 2008 1. PRAMOD MAHTO, SON OF LATE RAM EKBAL MAHTO 2. SURESH MAHTO @ SURESH KUMAR, SON OF RAMESHWAR MAHTO 3. DILIP KUMAR, SON OF PRAMOD MAHTO 4. RAM ISHWAR MAHTO @ RAMESHWAR MAHTO, SON OF LATE JALDHARI MAHTO 5. UMESH MAHTO, SON OF RAMESHWAR MAHTO ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BETAHI, POLICE STATION KANHAULI, DISTRICT SITAMARHI ……… …………………..PETITIONERS VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR ******** 2 10.02.2009 The petitioner no. 4 has already been arrested and as such this application for grant of anticipatory bail on his behalf has become infructuous. Heard Counsel for the petitioners and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The allegation is that the petitioners went to the house of the informant and called her a witch and also abused her because they suspected that the informant’s wife had practiced witch craft on the son of Pramod Matho. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation with respect to the theft of articles and money is ornamental. Be that as it may, the petitioners, namely, Pramod Mahto, Suresh Mahto @ Suresh Kumar, Dilip Kumar and Umesh Mahto are directed to be released on - 2 - anticipatory bail in the event of arrest/surrender before the Court below in Kanhauli Police Station Case No. 33 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )