IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.41658 of 2009 1. DURGA SINGH, son of late Ramajee Singh 2. Binay Singh, son of Bikrama Singh 3. Manoj Singh, son of Bikrama Singh All residents of village Hussaipur, P.S. Amnour, District Saran Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 4.3.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the counsel for the State. The three petitioners facing prosecution for offence u/ss 341, 323, 324, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 3 of the S.C. & S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 seek anticipatory bail on the ground that it was on account of previous enmity relating to uprooting of cauli-flower that the present false case has been invented. Counsel for the petitioners would also submit that petitioner no.1 is an old man aged about 70 years and as against him the only allegation is either of being an order giver or calling names to the son of the informant when he had gone to demand salary. Considering the aforementioned aspects and especially the advanced age of petitioner no.1 as also the fact that he has got no criminal antecedent, this Court would 2 direct that if petitioner no.1 Durga Singh surrenders in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra within a period of four weeks from today, he will be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in Amnour P.S.Case No. 6/2009 to his satisfaction, subject to the conditions as laid down u/s 438(2) Cr.P.C. The prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner no.2 Binay Singh and petitioner no.3 Manoj Singh in view of direct allegations is, however, rejected and if they would surrender and seek regular bail which would be considered on its own merits without being prejudiced by this order. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/