IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35527 of 2009 1. KAMESHWAR PODDAR, SON OF LATE SARYUG PODDAR 2. JANARDAN PODDAR, SON OF LATE BHIKHO PODDAR 3. BHAVESH KUMAR PODDAR @ BHAVESH PODDAR, SON OF JANARDAN PODDAR 4. DHARMESH KUMAR PODDAR @ DHARMESH PODDAR, SON OF JANARDAN PODDAR 5. PAWAN PODDAR, SON OF LATE BATTAN PODDAR 6. SHIKHA DEVI, WIFE O KAMESHWAR PODDAR ALL ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SUJAPUR, P.S. BARARI, DISTRICT KATIHAR. ---- PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 26.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case under Sections 147, 148, 447, 323 and 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the occurrence took place in the ‘Bathan’ of the informant and not in the public place, no offence under Section 3(x) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is made out. The other allegation is that the petitioners assaulted by fists and slaps. Considering the aforesaid facts, petitioners namely Kameshwar Poddar, Janardan Poddar, Bhavesh Kumar Poddar @ Bhavesh Poddar, Dharmesh Kumar Poddar @ Dharmesh Poddar, Pawan Poddar and Shikha Devi are directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. C.A. 2466/2007 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Katihar subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)