IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45962 of 2009 1. JAWAHAR JHA, SON OF SRI SHIVJEE JHA 2. SHATRUGHAN JHA, SON OF LATE KHUDADEV JHA, ALIAS KHUDA JHA 3. BIJAY JHA, SON OF LATE SAHDEO JHA 4. GIRIJANAND JHA, SON OF LATE MAHESHWARI JHA 5. BIJEN ALIAS BIJAN MAHTON, SON OF NAGO MAHTON ALL ARE RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KANDAHA, P.S. MAHISHI, DISTRICT SAHARSA. ---- PETITIONERS. with Cr.Misc. No.1553 of 2010 1. JAGDISH MUKHIYA, SON OF ACHAL MUKHIYA 2. DULAR CHAND MUKHIYA, SON OF DEVAN MUKHIYA 3. BHIM MUKHIYA, SON OF SUNDAR MUKHIYA 4. MEENA DEVI, WIFE OF ASHOK MUKHIYA 5. JAYDEO MUKHIYA, SON OF CHATTHU MUKHIYA 6. JAI NARAYAN MUKHIYA, SON OF SAHDEO MUKHIYA 7. KEDAR MUKHIYA, SON OF DUKHA MUKHIYA 8. KAILU MUKHIYA, SON OF BABUAN MUKHIYA ALL RESIDENT OF VILLAGE FIRKI, P.S. MAHISHI, DISTRICT SAHARSA. ---- PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 26.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case under Sections 147, 148, 149, 188, 353, 332, 307, 427, 323 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The allegations are that they blocked the road and thereafter threw stones on the jeep belonging to the police patrolling party causing damage to the jeep. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were asking for their voting rights and as such they were identified on the basis of statement made by the opposite party. Considering all aspects of the matter, I do not think that it is proper to grant anticipatory bail to these petitioners. These anticipatory bail applications are dismissed. 2 In case the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks, they (petitioners in Cr. Misc. No. 45962 of 2009 and Cr. Misc. No. 1553 of 2010) should be granted regular bail after remaining in custody for 24 hours in connection with Mahishi P.S. Case No. 118 of 2009 on furnishing bail bonds of rupees ten thousand each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa. Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to deposit the cost of FAX for communicating this order to the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)