IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19794 of 2010 SHEO CHANDRA SHARMA @ SHEO CHANDRA KUMAR, S/o Shiv Nath Sharma, R/o Village Akharaghat, Gyatri Mandir Pool Par, P.S. Town District Muzaffarpur …………..Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ……………. O.P ----------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Rudal Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nityanand, A.P.P -------- 2 21.06.2010 Heard the Parties. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case instituted for offences under Section 384, 324 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code. According to F.I.R., vide Annexure-1, the petitioner is alleged to have been demanding Rs. 20,000/- as extortion from the informant and on refusal to pay, the petitioner is alleged to have assaulted him by a knife repeatedly causing injury on his various parts of the body. The F.I.R. has been registered while the informant was in a nursing home under going treatment. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that injuries found on the person of the informant were found to be simple in nature and the entire occurrence has taken place because of certain dispute regarding payment of the wages. 2 Be that as it may, in view of serious nature of allegation against the petitioner, this court is not persuaded 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 period of four weeks from today and seek regular bail if so advised. Praveen (Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)