IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45459 of 2008 AWADHESH PRASAD S/o Satya Narain Prasad, Resident of Village- Barahpur, P.S. Mokama, District- Patna ------------------ Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR -------------------Opposite Party ----------- 2. 2.2.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is named as accused for offence under Sections 323, 342 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is submitted by the petitioner’s counsel that the informant is the man of criminal antecedent. He used to ask for rangdari. A criminal case was instituted against him by an employee of Mrigendra cold storage and inretialiation the present case has been instituted by the informant against employees of the cold storage of Birendra Kumar Singh @ Lal Babu. Petitioner is also one of the employees. It is stated that no offence under Section 3(i)(x) of the SC/ST Act is made out. Considering the facts, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner, Awadhesh Prasad, is allowed. He is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of his surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Barauni (Garhara) P.S. Case No. 79 of 2007/ G.R. No. 489 of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial - 2 - Magistrate, Begusarai, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. P. Kumar (Mridula Mishra, J.)