IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36804 of 2008 RAJU @ RAJDEV MAHTO, Son of Late Anant Lal Mahto, Resident of Village- Maheshpura, P.S.- Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani :---- Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR:--------Opposite Party ----------- For the Petitioner :Mr. Ravi Ranjan No.I, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwari, A.P.P. ====== 3. 17.11.2008. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case under Section 307 and other allied Sections of the Penal Code and Section 3(X) of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)Act. He is named in the First Information Report along with 48 other persons and 200 unknown. He is alleged to have assaulted A.S.I. Ram Nath Singh. In the circumstances, when the petitioner is in jail custody since 21.06.2008, I am not inclined to release him on bail. His prayer for bail is, accordingly, rejected, however, with liberty to renew the prayer for bail after completing nine months in jail custody. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)