IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18360 of 2009 RAJENDRA SAH @ RAJAN SAH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 07.09.2009 Heard both sides. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted under diverse sections of Indian Penal Code including Sections 379 and 436 as also under the provisions of S.C./S.T. Act. Allegation is that accused persons arrived at the house of the informant and abused him as well his family members. Two of them put on fire a part of the house of the informant. They committed loot of the crops kept inside the house. While retreating, the petitioner and other accused person threatened the informant and other family members not to institute any case. It is contended that the police on conclusion of investigation did not find the allegations true. The matter thereafter travelled to the D.I.G. level. On scrutiny of the papers, ultimately a direction was issued for filing of charge-sheet. Accordingly charge-sheet was filed in the present case. It is contended that co-accuseds Brahmdeo Sah, Amrud Sah and Arun Sah have been granted anticipatory bail by this court in Cr. Misc. No. 12712. Having regard to the facts of the present case, this court is also persuaded to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail 2 to petitioner. In the event of arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks, let petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with S.C./S.T. P.S. case no.22 of 2004 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )