IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.41113 of 2008 1. ARUN MANDAL 2. MANOJ MANDAL …… PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …… OPP. PARTY For the petitioners : - Sri Arun Kumar Mandal, Advocate For the O.P. : - Sri D. Mehta, APP ----------- 2. 24.10.2008 Heard Sri Arun Kumar Mandal, Advocate for the petitioners and Sri D. Mehta, Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Most of the Sections of the IPC being bailable except Section 379 IPC. The petitioners are in custody only because the case has also been registered under Section 3(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The contention is that the case has been lodged only because the informant has been set up by the Sarpanch of the village, who had been opposed by the petitioners and his family during the election and as such there could not be any reason assigned in the written report, as to why the petitioners could be assaulting a person with whom they have nothing to do. Let petitioners Arun Mandal and Manoj Mandal be released from custody on furnishing a bond of Rs.3,000/- (three thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount - 2 - each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Falka P.S. Case No. 166 of 2007. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J)