IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.37996 of 2010 1.RAJIYA DEVI wife of Wakil Choudhary 2.Wakil Choudhary @ Wakil Baitha, son of Late Rameshwar Baitha Both resident of village-Mina Pur, P.S.- Mina Pur, Dist.-East Champaran. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 26.3.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. Two petitioners, who apprehend their arrest in connection with Mina Pur P.S. Case No.96 of 2010 registered for the offence under sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, have prayed for grant of anticipatory bail. First information report, in the present case, was lodged on the basis of a complaint lodged by one Shivji Prasad, Panchayat Adhyakchh, Janta Dal (U), Meenapur, Block Meenapur, Muzaffarpur, on an allegation that petitioner no.2, being husband of petitioner no.1 i.e. Rajiya Devi, was extorting money from the beneficiaries of Indira Awas Scheme. Learned counsel for the petitioner, while referring to annexure-2, submits that the petitioner no.2 was informant in Hajipur S.C./S.T. P.S. Case No.656 of 2009, which was registered on 23.11.2009 for the offence under sections 341, 323 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section (3(i)(ix) of the S.C./S.T. Act in which Shivji Prasad, his son and his wife were made accused and in retaliation the said Shivji Prasad has persuaded the informant to file the present case to wreck vengeance. 2 Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. In view of the facts and circumstances, the court is of the opinion that it is a fit case for extending privilege of anticipatory bail. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of one month from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Mina Pur P.S. Case No. 96 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Md.S. ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)