IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.51074 of 2008 1. ARCHNA DEVI @ ANJANA DEVI 2. SANGITA DEVI @ SABITA DEVI BOTH ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAMCHANDRAPUR, P.S. GORADIH, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR ………… Petitioners Versus STATE OF BIHAR ………. … Opposite Party ----------- 02/ 29-01-2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. A Complaint petition has been filed under Section 420 and other allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(IV) (V) (X) of the SC/ST Act. The Complainant alleges that the petitioners after getting her husband drunk had got a piece of land registered in their name and when she objected to the said registry, it is said that the petitioners entered the house of the Complainant and tried to oust her from the house and also assaulted her and called by her caste name. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the purchase was made in the year 2003 and the mutation of the house had already taken place in the year 2006 with the State of Bihar. It is with a view to pressurize the petitioners to grab the property, this false case has been instituted making false allegations against the petitioners. It is submitted that that there is no injury report to support the allegation of assault and as far as the provisions of Sections 3 (IV) (V) (X) of the SC/ST are concerned it is submitted - 2 - that the abuse was not made in a public place. The entire case has been instituted because of a dispute with respect to the property. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, petitioners, namely, Archana Devi @ Anjana Devi and Sangita Devi @ Sabita Devi in the event of their arrest/surrender in the Court below within six weeks from today shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with SC/ST Case No. 10/2006 (Complaint Case No. 2233 of 2005) subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. S.Sb/- (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)