IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.27240 of 2009 Lal Babu Rai, son of Ram Chandra Singh, resident of Village-Kolhar, Police Station-Fathua, District-Patna. ……Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar ………………………Opposite Party. ----------- 6. 29. 03. 2010. Heard Mr. Dhurjati Kr. Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Beur P.S. Case No. 190 of 2008, registered under Sections 323, 384/34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the prosecution case, while the petitioner and the informant both were in judicial custody at Central Jail, Beur, the petitioner is alleged to have demanded ransom of Rs. 5,000/- from the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner has disputed the aforesaid allegation and submits that there is no legal material to prove the charge of demand of ransom. A Report submitted by the Superintendent of Adarsh Central Jail, Beur, Patna, shows that petitioner is accused in two other criminal cases. In the aforesaid background, this Court is not persuaded to accede to the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, his prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is rejected. The petitioner must surrender in the court below 2 within a period of four weeks from today and, if so advised, seek regular bail. If such a petition is filed, then the same may be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order. m.p. (Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)