IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22852 of 2009 SOBHAN MANJHI, SON OF SAHDEV MANJHI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AKHTIARPUR KAMTAUL, P.S. KURHANI, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 13.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The case is under sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 341, 436 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act, 1999. The petitioner is said to be one of the members of the mob which had gone to the house of the informant on the allegation that witchcraft has been practised by the informant on the daughter of the petitioner. It is stated that the hut of the informant was also set on fire. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the evidence has come that the informant himself has set the house on fire to make the case serious. Petitioner is in custody since 1.2.2009. Considering the above facts and circumstances of the case and period of incarceration of the petitioner, the application is allowed. Petitioner (Sobhan Manjhi) is - 2 - directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (West), Muzaffarpur in connection with Kurhani P.S. Case No.17/09. B.T (J.N. Singh, J.)