IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8848 of 2010 1. ASHOK KUMAR SINGH 2. PAWAN KUMAR SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 12.03.2010 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioners have approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case instituted under diverse sections of the Indian penal Code as well as sections 3(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In the complaint petition there is allegation that the complainant was assaulted and abused in the name of his caste while moving on road. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that because of animosity, the petitioners, who are brothers, have been named. He refers to Annexure-2. It is his submission that in the facts and circumstances of the case, no offence punishable under the SC/ST Act is made out. This Court refrains from making any observation with regard to the said submissions of learned counsel for the petitioners. This Court is not persuaded to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to these petitioners. Let the petitioners surrender and apply for regular bail which shall be considered on its own merit uninfluenced by the present order. - 2 - With the aforesaid observations, the application is accordingly disposed of. hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )