IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45170 of 2008 1. ASHARFI SAH 2. REJENDRA PRASAD SINGH 3. CHHABU PRASAD SINGH 4. NAGESHWAR PRASAD MEHTA 5. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 23/12/2008. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a police case under Sections- 143/353 of I.P.C. and 174 of R.P. (U.P.) Act. The defense is of allegations against the members of a mob who were protesting, exercising their democratic rights. The allegations are of blocking the railway track impeding movement of the railway. Democracy was reduced to mobocracy. A necessary concomitant of democracy is the sense of responsibility. This Court is not persuaded to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. The application is rejected. Any application for regular bail shall be considered by the court below on its own merits, without being prejudiced by the present order of rejection. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)