IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10772 of 2011 MUKHIYAJEE RAJIV RANJAN SINGH SON OF GIRJA NANDAN SINGH. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 06.04.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 147, 341, 323, 379, 435 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is alleged against the petitioner and other accused persons to have called the informant by his caste name, abused and snatched Rs. 6,000/- and set the shop on fire. It is submitted that except Section 379 I.P.C, other provisions of the I.P.C. are bailable. So far as, the accusation against SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is concerned, it is malicious. It is submitted that since, the petitioner is Mukhiya, whereas, the informant is a Panchayat Ward member, there was a political rivalry between the parties. The informant himself admitted that he is a witness against the petitioner in a vigilance case. 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hazipur in connection with Jandaha P.S. Case No. 161/2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)