IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19744 of 2010 1. SRIKANT SHARMA, S/o Late Shyam Narayan Sharma. 2. Ashutosh Sharma, S/o Ugrasen Sharma, 3. Hari Kant Sharma, S/o Late Shyam Narayan Sharma All R/o Village- Hati, P.S.-Kako, District- Jehanabad. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 14-07-2010 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 427, 436 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that on 1.3.2010, hut of the informant was burnt and the F.I.R. was lodged against 23 persons and several unknown persons, whereas in the subsequent statement the informant named only five persons. Though a report was submitted vide letter no. 83 dated 3.3.2010 as contained in Annexure 2 by Circle Officer, Kako to the Officer-in-charge, Bhelwa O.P., Kako to the effect that some of the families of the scheduled caste have encroached the public land by putting huts on that land and on 1.3.1996 some unknown persons lit fire in those huts. Similar report was submitted to the District Magistrate, Jehanabad by the Circle Officer, Kako vide letter no. 115 dated 18-03-2010 as contained in Annexure-3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that 2 petitioners have been named only because they were objecting the informant from encroaching the public road and the report of Circle Officer as contained in Annexure Nos. 2 and 3 reflect that the fire has been lit by some unknown persons. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the petitioners, let petitioners above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest and/or surrender within a period of twelve weeks on furnishing bail bond of rupees 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Kako P.S. Case No. 44 of 2010. Sujit (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J)