IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.28660 of 2011 Pramod Ray @ Promod Kumar son of Devi Rai, Resident of Mohalla-Sharifganj, P.S.-Malsalami, District- Patna. Versus The State of Bihar --------- 2. 26.8.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 341, 342, 323, 325 and 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 3(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989 It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is allegation against the petitioner to have assaulted the informant by butt of a pistol. It is also submitted that no injury was caused to the informant and had there been any intention to kill in order to attract section 307 of the Indian Penal Code the petitioner would have fired from the pistol and would not have assaulted by the butt of the pistol. It is further submitted that in the whole of the first information report there is nothing to show that the petitioner intentionally insulted or intimidated with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe in any place within public view and, thus, the statutory bar of section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 would not apply. Taking into consideration the aforesaid submissions, let 2 the petitioner, namely, Pramod Ray @ Promod Kumar in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of A.C.J.M., Patnacity in connection with Malsalami P.S. Case No.86 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Md.S. (Ashwani Kumar Singh,J.)