IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.5485 of 2010 Raj Kumar Goenka Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ---------------------------------- 02. 29.07.2011 Heard Mr. Lakshmi Kant Tiwary, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Ms. Shalini Kumari, assisting counsel to G.A. 3. The writ petition has been filed for grant of security to the petitioner, inter alia, on grounds of apprehensions at the hands of respondent nos. 5 to 9. It is contended that the petitioner is a registered Contractor of Railways and that the respondent nos. 5 to 9 being rivals in business, the life of the petitioner was in danger at the hands of the private respondent nos. 5 to 9 and for which he has also instituted a criminal case against them giving rise to Samastipur Town P.S. Case No. 631 of 2007 against the said respondents. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the State and in paragraph-6 of the counter affidavit, it is stated that there is a rivalry between the petitioner and the respondent nos. 5 to 9 and for which criminal case has been registered. In paragraph-9 of the counter affidavit, it is stated that a criminal case has also been registered against the petitioner giving rise to Kazimohammadpur P.S. Case No. 04 of 2003 for offence punishable under Sections 364A and 120B 2 of the Indian Penal Code. It is stated that the petitioner has suffered incarceration as a consequence of the registration of the said case and even chare sheet has been submitted against him on 13.5.2003. Regard being had to the statement made in the counter affidavit, the writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to take recourse to the remedies as available to him under law in case of threat at the hands of respondent nos. 5 to 9. Before parting this Court would observe that any application on behalf of the petitioner concerning threat to his life, if filed before the respondent nos. 2 and 3 may be considered appropriately and disposed of accordingly. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)