IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6465 of 2009 1. CHASI RAI @ CHANSI RAI 2. Mansi Rai 3. Chandey Rai @ Chandeshwar Rai, all sons of Gona Rai 4. Ram Lakhan Rai, son of Chansi Rai 5. Deo Ishwar Rai @ Deo Ishwar Kumar, son of Chandeshwar Rai 6. Lal Babu Rai, son of Tillu Rai 7. Bhonda Rai @ Bhoda Rai son of Lal Babu Rai 8. Chhotey Rai son of Lal Babu Rai, All are residents of Kanhai Tola, P.S. Maner, Dist. Patna Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02/ 23.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under Section 379 and other allied Sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that present case has been lodged with regard to the forcible harvesting of paddy crops only with a view to pressurize the petitioners not to depose against the husband and the son of the informant, who are accused in a murder case concerning the death of the uncle of one of the petitioners. Let the petitioners above named surrender in the court of A.C.J.M., Danapur, Patna in connection with SC/ST P.S. Patna Case No. 43 of 2008 within four weeks from today and apply for regular bail, which should be considered in the 2 light of the submission noted above and if the court below is satisfied that the present case is lodged only with a view to pressurize the petitioners not to depose in the murder case, then appropriate orders in accordance with law be passed. This application is, accordingly, disposed of. Let this order be communicated to the court below though fax on payment of usual charges by the petitioners. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)