IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.492 of 2011 BISHWANATH MEHTA & ORS. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ------------- 02. 02.02.2011 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under Sections 323, 354, 379, 427 of the I.P.C. and Section 3(i)(x) of the S.C. and S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. There is specific allegation against petitioner No. 1 to have received Rs. 500/- from the complainant for accelerating the payment of Rs. 4500/- for house repair under a government scheme for cyclone victim. In the complaint, there is specific allegation against petitioner No. 1 to have abused the complainant. So far as petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are concerned, they are sons of petitioner No. 1 and it appears that no case under S.C. & S.T Act is made out against them. So far as petitioner No. 1 is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the application to file regular bail application. Permission is accorded. The application with regard to petitioner No. 1 namely Bishwanath Mehta is dismissed as withdrawn. Let the regular bail application of the - 2 - petitioner No. 1 be considered on its own merits without being prejudiced by withdrawal of anticipatory application. So far as petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 namely Prayag Kumar Mehta @ Mantu and Pankaj Kumar Mehta @ Pankaj Kumar @ Pintu are concerned, they are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Araria in connection with Complaint Case No. 1843 of 2010. Shageer (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)