IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25244 of 2011 Manik Sharma @ Manik Kumar son of Arjun Sharma @ Arjun Singh, resident of village-Salimpur, P.S.- Bakhtiyarpur, District- Patna Versus The State of Bihar ----------- 3. 28.9.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 147, 148, 149, 323 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. It is stated that in the first information report altogether eight persons have been made accused. Specific case of the informant is that on the order of co-accused Arjun Singh, co-accused Ashok Sharma fired causing fire-arm injury upon the chest of his father. Further case of the prosecution is that all others, who were seven in number indiscriminately assaulted the victim by “Lathi” . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the postmortem report only one firearm injury was found on the person of the deceased. It is also submitted that several cases of serious nature are pending against the informant in which the petitioner is named as a witness. Because of previous enmity, name of the petitioner has been given in the category of accused. Taking into consideration aforesaid submissions specially the fact that no “Lathi” injury has been found on the person of the deceased by the doctor, who conducted postmortem 2 examination, let the petitioner, namely, Manik Sharma @ Manik Kumar in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No.248 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)