IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40123 of 2008 SANJEEV KUMAR CHOUDHARY @ SANJEEV CHAUDHARY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 26.09.2008 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offence under sections341, 504, 387, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 3 & 4 of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the allegation against him does not attract the the offence under the SC/ST Act as alleged and the only allegation is that he along with one more person went to the informant, who is Panchayat Teacher and asked him as to why he is not paying his due money to the Panchayat Secretary who has made his appointment. It is further submitted that the petitioner himself is a Panchayat Teachers in a different school, and as such, he has got nothing to do with the appointment or non- appointment of the informant. Learned Addl. P.P. on perusal of the allegations levelled in the first information report is not in position to refute the submission as made above. Having considered the submissions, as noticed - 2 - above, and in the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, namely, Sanjeev Kumar Choudhary @ Sanjeev Chaudhary be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai, in connection with Bachhwara P.S.Case No. 20 of 2007 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)