IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19157 of 2010 BINOD KUMAR @ BINOD SHARMA @ SHARMA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.17999 of 2010 SURENDRA SHARMA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 16.6.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The defence of the petitioners in a Police case under Sections 307/34, 341, 342 and 323 of the Penal Code to which Section 304 of the Penal Code was added subsequently, that the victim, who has subsequently been deceased, was a thief apprehended when the petitioners as a members of the mob of 50-60 persons assaulted him does not persuade this Court to grant them the privilege of anticipatory bail considering that they took the law into their hands as members of the mob. The application is rejected. Any application for regular bail on behalf of the petitioners shall be considered on its own merits, without being prejudiced by the present order. P. Kumar ( Navin Sinha, J.)