IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17713 of 2008 MAHADEO SHARMA & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 12.5.2008 The two petitioners who are Chaukidars of the local Thana apprehend their arrest in connection with Misc. Case No. 265 of 2001, registered under sections 33, 41, 42, 52 and 53(d) of the Forest Act have prayed for anticipatory bail. The allegation against the petitioners is that at the time of raid by the Forest Officer in the premises of the saw mill of Durjodhan Gupta @ Zero Gupta, the two petitioners were found present even as sesam logs alleged to be from government trees were being sawed in the mill. No overt act appears to have been alleged against the petitioners who are said to be by standers in the saw mill. Due regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest/surrender of the petitioner, namely Mahadeo Sharma and Md. Sarfuddin in the Court below within three weeks from today, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Misc. Case No. 265 of 2001, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Sanjay/- (Abhijit Sinha, J.)