IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2675 of 2010 Surendra Singh, son of Shri Laldeo Singh, resident of Village- Basantpur, Police Station-Sasaram(M), District- Rohtas. …………………………………….Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar …………………………Opposite Party. ----------- 2. 25. 03. 2010. Heard Mr Dhrub Narayan, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D. Mehta, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Forest Case No. 157/07 corresponding to Trial No. 6623/09 pending in the court of Judicial Magistrate Ist, Class, Sasaram, registered under Sections 33, 41 and 42 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in the original report submitted by the Forest Guard, the petitioner has not been named as an accused. However, when an inspection report was filed, then name of the petitioner was also included there and he is alleged to have connived with other accused persons for illegal mining of the forest. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no direct material to connect the petitioner with the offence in question. He further submits that for offence under Section 33 of the Forest Act, maximum punishment is of two years with fine, but that offence has been made cognizable and non-bailable. 2 Learned counsel for the State, though, opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail has not disputed the aforesaid position. In the aforesaid background, the Petitioner, namely, Surendra Singh, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Shri Gopal Jee, Judicial Magistrate, Ist. Class, Sasaram, in connection with Forest Case No. 157/07, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. m.p. (Birendra Prasad Verma,J.)