IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14810 of 2009 1. ARVIND SINGH,son of Shri Nawal Kishore Singh 2. Surendra Singh,son of Shri Jay Mangal Singh 3. Sujay Singh,son of Shri Awadh Singh All resident of village-Bajaul,P.S.- Wazirganj,District-Gaya. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03/ 19-05-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Earlier petitioners’ prayer for anticipatory bail was rejected, for which submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners is that others have been allowed bail and an affidavit has been filed by the informant about lodging of no case on her behalf. If that is reality, which can be verified by the Investigating Officer and petitioners will have a clean chit, if the affidavit has been filed after settlement of the matter, that can be easily verified by the lower court but another aspect of the version is also there, that would be pressure or tamper. If there is reconciliation really that will be taken into consideration by the court where the case is pending, otherwise allegation includes the offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in which anticipatory bail is not maintainable. Accordingly, their prayer for anticipatory bail is again rejected with a direction to surrender before the court below within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy this order and seek regular bail, which shall be decided on merit taking into consideration settlement of the differences between the parties without being prejudiced by this rejection order. AH/ ( Mandhata Singh, J. )