IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.40780 OF 2009 1. SHAKUNTALA DEVI, WIFE OF RAM SOGARATH RAI 2. RAM SOGARATH RAI, SON OF LATE NABUDI RAI 3. KAUSHAL RAI, SONOF RAM SOGARATH RAI ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KIRATPUR RAJARAM, POLICE STATION BHAGWANPUR, DISTRICT VAISHALI ………………………………………………………………………PETITIONERS VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR ******** 2 05/03/2010 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case under Sections 341, 323, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Prevention of Witchcraft Practices Act. Considering the manner in which the occurrence has taken place and the allegations made in the First Information Report with respect to assaulting the mother of the informant who as received head injuries and was forced to swallow night soil, alleging that she is a witch, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the above named petitioners. This application is accordingly dismissed. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)