IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.3798 of 2009 MANOJ KUMAR @ MANOJ KUMAR SINGH @ MANOJ Versus STATE OF BIHAR For the Petitioner : Mr. Barun Kumar Choudhary,Advocate For the State :Mr. C. Jawahar, APP ----------- 2. 22.04.2009 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted under diverse sections of IPC and section 307 including section 3(1) (2) of the Prevention of Damage of Public Properties Act,1999. The informant in the present case is a Police Officer. As per the allegation in the FIR, in an attempt to clear the road jam of N.H.31, a slew of people, including the present petitioner, assaulted the informant with knife and hard blunt substance. When the Rural S.P. arrived to pacify the mob, his vehicle was also damaged extensively. The petitioner is named in the FIR. The allegation is that he, too, was armed with an iron rod. Having regard to the aforesaid facts appearing from the records, this Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to this petitioner. His prayer for bail is accordingly rejected. hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )