IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 17420 of 2009 Ratneshwar Prasad Singh, son of late Bhola Singh, resident of Village - Shakarpura, P S - Bakhri, Dist - Begusarai - Petitioner Versus State of Bihar - Opposite Party ---------- 3 06.07.2009 The petitioner, who is Ex-Mukhia, apprehends arrest in Bakhri Police Station Case No 109 of 2004 instituted under Sections 385, 386 of Indian Penal Code and under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The informant alleges that he had requested for allotment of a house under Indira Awas Yojna from the petitioner who was the Mukhia then. The petitioner had asked for illegal gratification of Rs 3,000/-. The informant did not find his name in the list and when he questioned the Mukhia, the Mukhia said that as the informant had not given the money, he was not allotted the house. The altercation took place in which informant was variously abused by the petitioner. Heard. In the present case, admittedly, no money was paid. It is all self-serving assertions of the informant which is alleged. In the facts and circumstances of the case, if the petitioner abovenamed surrender before the Court below within four weeks from today, he shall be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Bakhri Police Station Case No 109 of 2004 subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)