IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23891 of 2010 RITA DEVI WIFE OF SANJAY MAHTO, R/O VILLAGE- MOHADI NAGAR, P.S. HALSI, DISTRICT-LAKHISARAI. --PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR --OPP.PARTY 2 09.09.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner, in a petty dispute, appears to have been refused the privilege by learned Additional Sessions Judge on the ground of its maintainability in view of Section 18 of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act. Considering the facts and circumstances, as held by the Apex court in the case of Gorige Pentaiah V. State of Andhra Pradesh; (2008) 12 Supreme Court Cases 531, the petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in S.C. & S.T. P.S. no. 131 of 2009 subject to the conditions laid down in Section 2 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Akhilesh Chandra, J.) AAhmad