Rajendra Sah And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.23849 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -566 Year- 2011 Thana -SC/ST P.S. District- MUZAFFARPUR ======================================================

1. Rajendra Sah

2. Nagendra Sah Both Sons of late Bajrangi Sah .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan No.II, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-05-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under sections 341, 323, 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 3(1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Prosecution case is that the accused persons asked the informant to cut the paddy crops, on refusal of the same the informant was abused by calling caste and assaulted. The accused persons took away Rs.450/- from the pocket of the informant.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23849 of 2016 (2) dt.26-05-2016 2/2 that for a petty dispute the accusation has been levelled. For the occurrence of 18.11.2011, the FIR was registered on 29.11.2011.

Delayed lodging of the FIR, constitutes ground for consideration of prayer for regular bail.

Let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners and disposed of the same preferably on the same day, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with SC/ST Hajipur P.S. Case No.566/2011, pending before the learned ACJM, Muzaffarpur. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T