IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISC. NO. 626 OF 2009 PRAMOD KUMAR THAKUR, SON OF PARMESHWAR THAKUR, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA BIBI PAKAR, POLICE STATION LAHERIASARAI, DISTRICT DARBHANGA VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR ********* 2 19.02.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Sections 41, 42 & 52 of the Indian Forest Act and Sections 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 & 14 of the Bihar Saw Mill Act. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the license to run the saw mill was in the name of the father of the petitioner in the year 1999. In the year 1994, the petitioner’s mother applied for the license which was rejected as late as in the year 2002. The present case has been instituted in the year 2001 with the allegation that the petitioner was running the saw mill without a valid license and that certain quantity of wood was also recovered from the saw mill. Learned Counsel further submits that he has been appearing in the departmental enquiry related to the seizure of the woods and his father has also paid the fine of Rs. 10,000/-. The main contention is that since the petitioner’s mother had 2 applied for the license in the year 1994 itself and the authorities took seven years to consider her application, it can not be said that the petitioner should be blamed for running the saw mill. Be that as it may, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks from today in G.O. Case No. 147 of 2001 (Trial No. 1515 of 2008) on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )