IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7697 of 2008 BAL GOVIND CHOUDHARY Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 06.5.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner prays for anticipatory bail in a case under Sections 341,323,307 and 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation in the FIR is that while the informant was going to his village on a motorcycle the same was stopped by the accused persons and they assaulted him with rod and lathi and further snatched Rs. 10,000/- from him. It is further stated that the family members came to his rescue and on the following day he was brought to the hospital where he gave his fardbeyan. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case on account of land dispute which is admitted. It is further submitted that there is no specific allegation against the petitioner and omnibus allegation has been made against the accused persons. Learned counsel also stated that the brother of the petitioner, namely, Indradeo Choudhary, who is an employee in the Public Works Department, being Accounts Clerk at Gaya, has also been falsely implicated in this case. It is pointed out that said Indradeo Choudhary had applied for anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No. 25499/2007 and by order dated 5.7.2007 (Annexure-3) of this Court he has been granted anticipatory bail. It is submitted by learned counsel that the case of the petitioner stands on identical footing. In the aforesaid circumstances and keeping in view particularly the - 2 - fact that similarly situated accused person has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court, it is directed that the petitioner, Bal Govind Choudhary, in the event of his arrest/surrender in the court below within four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Chandauti P.S. Case No. 12/2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, subject to conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. S. Pandey ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )