IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12712 of 2009 ARUN SAH & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 19-May-09 Heard the parties. Petitioners have prayed for anticipatory bail in a case under Sections 307,436 and other Sections of the IPC and Section 3(x) of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocity (Act) on the ground that all the three petitioners are aged about 60 to 70 years. It has been submitted that the present case was lodged on 14.3.2004 only after the informant and his associates who are Harijans and extremists came to know about a complaint case filed against a large number of Harijans of the village vide Annexure-2 dated 25.2.2004. It has further been submitted that initially police authorities found the case false but only on account of pressure from some quarters charge-sheet has been submitted in February, 2008. Considering all the facts and circumstances, this application for anticipatory bail is disposed of. If the three petitioners, namely, 1.Arun Sah, 2.Amrud Sah and 3.Brahmadeo Sah surrender within six weeks before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with SC/ST P.S. Case No.22 of 2004. In that event, their prayer for bail shall be considered favourably on the date of surrender 2 itself and if they are prepared to furnish the sureties then they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of above mentioned court. perwez (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.)