IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No. 52420 of 2008 1. Atma Prakash @ Atma Prakash Singh @ Munna Singh, son of Late Rajendra Singh, 2. Ram Pravesh Singh, son of Late Chhathu Singh, 3. Anjay Singh @ Anjay Kumar, son of Late Ramakant Singh, 4. Dharmendra Kumar Singh, son of Harendra Singh, 5. Shashikant Singh, son of Late Lakshman Singh, 6. Upendra Singh @ Upendra Prasad Singh, son of Late Pashupati Singh, all of village Belwar, PS Vaishali (Belsar O.P.), Dist. Vaishali .. Petitioners. With Cr. Misc. No. 52464 of 2008 1. Atma Prakash Singh @ Munna Singh, son of Late Rajendra Singh, 2. Ram Pravesh Singh, son of Late Chhathu Singh, 3. Anjay Kumar @ Anjay Singh, son of Late Ramakant Singh, 4. Dharmendra Kumar Singh, son of Harendra Singh, 5. Shashikant Singh, son of Late Lakshman Singh, 6. Upendra Singh @ Upendra Prasad Singh, son of Late Pashupati Singh, 7. Krishna Murari Singh @ Krishna Murari, son of Late Lakshmi Singh, 8. Shishir Kiran, son of Late Ram Babu Singh, all of village Belwar, PS Vaishali (Belsar O.P.), District Vaishali .. .. Petitioners. Vs. The State of Bihar. 2 9.2.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 52420 of 2008 apprehend their arrest in Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) PS case No. 201/2008 for the offences under sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 353 and 347 of the Penal Code whereas the petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 52464 of 2008 apprehend their arrest in Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) PS Case No. 200/2008 for the offences under sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 307, 342, 452, 427 and 379 of the Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that three cases were lodged which are related to each other. The first is Vaishali (Belsar) PS case No. 201/2008 filed by the S.I. of Belsar P.S. (Cr. Misc. No. 52420/2008). The second case is Vaishali (Belsar) PS Case 2 No. 200/2008 relating to eight petitioners in Cr. Misc. No. 52464/2008 under section 307 and other sections of the Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act and Belsar PS case No. 209/2008 for the offences under the Arms Act against Om Prakash, the informant of Belsar PS Case No. 200/2008. The Sub Inspector of Police received an information that several persons have assembled in the house of one Abha Kumari. On reaching the spot, they found that two persons, who were allegedly criminals, were being assaulted by fifty and odd villagers. The petitioners are named in the F. I. R. Om Prakash has also instituted a case in which he states that Abha Kumari was forced to vote for a particular person in the election of Panchayat Pramukh and as such this occurrence has taken place. It has also come during investigation that Om Prakash and Birendra Pratap Singh were on a Bolero jeep and were carrying arms in the vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the entire occurrence has taken place because Om Prakash and Birendra Pratap Singh had come to terrorize Abha Kumari and the villagers in protest had surrounded the aforesaid two persons in order to protect Abha Kumari. It is further submitted that the injuries are simple in nature, and prima facie it cannot be said that the petitioners were the actual persons who had assaulted Om Prakash and Birendra Pratap Singh when actually there were more than fifty persons present at the P.O. who allegedly assaulted the aforesaid persons. Be that as it may, the petitioners are directed to be 3 released on anticipatory bail in event of their arrest or surrender within six weeks in Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) PS Case No 201/2008 and Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) PS Case No. 200/2008 on furnishing bail bonds of rupees ten thousand each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)