IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23703 of 2011 ====================================================== Ajay Sharma @ Ajay Ram @ Ajay Thakur son of Sri Ram Ishwar Sharma, resident of village- Sharma Amari, P.S. Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : M/s Ajay Kumar Thakur, Shamaneshwaram and Babita Kumari, Advocates.. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Dashrath Mehta, Addl. P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA) 3 14-10-2011 Heard. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a criminal prosecution registered under Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. as an accused and no incriminating article has been recovered either from his house or from his possession. Learned counsel for the State has strongly opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. Be that as it may, in view of the nature of allegation, this Court is not inclined to accede to the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. It is, accordingly, rejected. The petitioner must surrender in the court below within a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23703 of 2011 (3) dt.14-10-2011 2 / 2 2 period of four weeks from today in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 70 of 2010, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda and, if so advised, seek regular bail, which shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order. BTiwary/- (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)