IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10936 of 2011 KISHORI SHARMA & ORS. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 25.04.2011 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No. 3 namely Laxmi Mahto has been arrested, hence he seeks permission to withdraw the application with regard to petitioner No. 3 namely Laxmi Mahto. Permission is accorded. The application is dismissed as withdrawn with regard to petitioner No. 3 namely Laxmi Mahto. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 41, 42 of the Indian Forest(Bihar Amendment) Act and 12(1) of Bihar Forest Produced(Regulation of Trade) Act. The accusation is of seizure of one wood log of Gamhar. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the case was instituted in 2001 whereas cognizance has been taken on 10.02.2010 as contained in Annexure-5. It is further submitted that the punishment under the Forest Act is of two years whereas cognizance has been taken after nine years of the institution of the case. Moreover one of the petitioners 2 was the saw mill owner at the relevant point of time. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Kishori Sharma 2. Nannu Rai @ Nannu Ram Rai @ Nannu Lal Lal Rai, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with G.O. Case No. 139 of 2001. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)