IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11371 of 2011 1. SHAMBHU SINGH @ SHAMBHU SHARAN SINGH SON OF KEDAR SINGH 2. ARVIND SINGH SON OF RAJKISHORE SINGH 3. RAJAN SINGH SON OF SATYENDRA SINGH 4. DEENANATH SINGH SON OF KEDAR SINGH 5. NATHUNI SAH SON OF PARMA SAH 6. SATYENDRA NARAYAN SINGH @ SATYENDRA SINGH SON OF LATE RAMADHAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 11.4.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 354, 50434 of the Indian Penal Code and 3(i)(x) of the SC/ST Act. The accusation is of making assault and abusing the informant side by calling caste name. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that calling caste name does not come within the purview of the offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Moreover, another F.I.R. was lodged at the behest of the petitioners in which five persons, who have been made accused, are witnesses against the informant side. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today in connection with Majhaulia P.S. case No.209 of 2009 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- 2 (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. S.Ali/Narendra ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. )