IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1000 of 2008 YOGENDRA SINGH, SON OF LATE TRIVENI SINGH, VILLAGE MEHDAULI, P.S. BHAGWANPUR, SUB-DIVISION TEGHRA, DISTRICT BEGUSARAI…………..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BEGUSARAI 3. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, BEGUSARAI 4. S.D.M. BEGUSARAI 5. MUSHAHARU PASWAN, SON OF GYANI PASWAN 6. GANDARI PASWAN, SON OF GYANI PASWAN 7. NANKU PASWAN, SON OF MAUJI PASWAN 8. GAURI PASWAN, SON OF YUGAL PASWAN 9. AARTI PAWAN, SON OF SUKHSAGAR PASWAN 10. RAMA PASWAN, SON OF GANGO PASWAN 11. SANJIV PASWAN, SON OF KOKAN PASWAN, ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE NOULA, P.S. BHAGWANPUR, CIRCLE BIRPUR, SUB-DIVISION AND DISTRICT BEGUSARAI 12. PREM MAHTO, SON OF BUDHAN MAHTO 13. MEDO MAHTO, SON OF JHINGUR MAHTO 14. ANJANI MAHTO, SON OF NOKHE MAHTO 15. JHUMAR MAHTO, SON OF RAMJEE MAHTO 16. BADO PASWAN, SON OF BUDHAN PASWAN 17. BIJA IPASWAN, SON OF SIYA PASWAN, ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE MAKWA, P.S. BHAGWANPUR, CIRCLE BIRPUR, DISTRICT BEGUSARAI 18. LAXMAN SINGH, SON OF RAMRUP SINGH 19. RAM BALAK SAHNI, SON OF YUGAL SAHNI 20. MANNU MAHTO, SON OF BALDEO MAHTO 21. BIDEO MAHTO, SON OF SOHAN MAHTO, ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE NAULA, P.S. BHAGWANPUR, CIRCLE BIRPUR, DISTRICT BEGUSARAI 22. DINESH PASWAN, SON OF TAWALKI PASWAN, VILLAGE NAULA, CIRCLE BIRPUR, DISTRICT BEGUSARAI……………..RESPONDENTS ----------- 5. 28.01.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. In this writ application, petitioner seeks for a direction to the respondents to grant him adequate protection to his life and property. - 2 - It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the private respondents are bent upon disturbing his possession of the property and whenever he tries to harvest crops from the land transplanted by him, they disturb him and damage the property. He submits that the petitioner tried to get proceedings initiated for maintenance of peace but could not succeed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner apprehends danger to his life from the hands of the private respondents at the time of harvesting of the wheat crops in this season also. This Court exercising writ jurisdiction cannot go into this question and decide in respect of the genuineness of apprehension of the petitioner. Therefore, this Court gives liberty to the petitioner to file a petition before the Superintendent of Police, Begusarai for adequate protection to him at the time of harvest of the wheat crops. In case such a petition is filed by the petitioner before the Superintendent of Police, Begusarai within two weeks from today, he will get the matter enquired into / - 3 - investigated and if it is reported to him that apprehension of the petitioner is genuine, he will consider the application of the petitioner for grant of police protection to him at the time of harvest of the wheat crops. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. B.T (J. N. Singh, J.)