Ram Lakhan Mandal And ORS. v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.21115 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -54 Year- 2014 Thana -KHUTAUNA District- MADHUBANI ======================================================

1. Ram Lakhan Mandal, son of Late Gannu Mandal

2. Ram Udgar Mandal, son of Chaudhary Mandal

3. Chhotku Mandal @ Dhorhai Mandal, Son of Late Bhogi Lal Mandal

4. Gugali Mandal, Son of Late Malhu Mandal

5. Chaudhary Mandal, son of Late Bholar Mandal All residents of Village - Ekdara, P.S. - Khutauna, District - Madhubani. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Baleshwar Kamat, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-07-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

This is an application seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 354 (B), 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989.

It is submitted that no offence under the provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989 is made out on the basis of allegation as contained in the First Information Report and labelling of provisions under the said

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21115 of 2015 (2) dt.09-07-2015 2/2 Act is cosmetic in nature. It has been stated that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

In view of the submission as above, let the petitioners above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Khutauna P.S. Case No. 54 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Vats/- U T