IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3362 of 2010 RAGHUNATH MAHTO . Versus STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 02 29.01.2010 Heard both sides. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted under diverse Sections of the Penal Code including Section 376/511 of the Penal Code. The occurrence had taken place sometimes in the year 2004. Allegation is that this petitioner entered into the house of the informant and tried to molest her under threat of assault by means of ‘chura’. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that at best a case under Section 354 is made out from a bare reading of the F.I.R. which is bailable. Referring to Annexure-2, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that several years thereafter a kind of compromise has already reached by and between the parties. This Court finds from the impugned order that witnesses initially supported the allegations levelled in the F.I.R. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Prayer for anticipatory bail is, accordingly, rejected. In the event petitioner surrenders in the Court below and prays for regular bail, the same shall be considered on its own merit having regard to the submissions made in support of the said application uninfluenced by the present order. Sym/ (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)