IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32029 of 2011 Ramlal Mukhiya, son of Ramji Mukhiya Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 3. 21.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 376, 147, 148,379, 307, 323, 324 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that he raped the Informant. It has been submitted that in fact, there was no occurrence of rape and there was land dispute between the parties which is apparent from Annexure-2 and a subsequent panchayati, Annexure-4. The further submission is that it is on account of this reason that the Informant settled the dispute with some of the accused persons who had surrendered before the Court below. Considering that other co-accused persons were granted bail by the Court below on their surrender and on the plea of the Informant that she had not been raped and there was just a land dispute between the parties, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The prayer for bail is rejected. However, in light of the order passed by the Court below with regard to the other co-accused parsons, let the petitioner surrender before the Court below and make a similar 2 prayer which shall be considered on its own merits. With these observations, the application is disposed off. S.Ali ( Anjana Prakash, J.)