Suresh Mahto And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50246 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -141 Year- 2014 Thana -KHODAWANPUR District- BEGUSARAI ======================================================

1. Suresh Mahto son of Ram Bilas Mahto,

2. Naresh Mahto, son of Ram Bilas Mahto,

3. Ram Bilas Mahto son of Late Ram Ghulam Mahto .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Zeyaul Hoda, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Durgesh Nandan(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-04-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147/341/323/307/387/379 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that after being aggrieved with shifting of Anganwari centre from the house of Ram Udgar Mahto to the informant the accused persons assaulted and abused the informant. The accused persons also demanded Rs.25,000/- as extortion and snatched Rs.500/- from the pocket of the informant. The specific accusation of causing injury by 'dagger is against petitioner no. 1 Suresh Mahto.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that injury has been found simple in nature. A statement has been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50246 of 2014 (3) dt.27-04-2015 2/2 made in paragraph 3 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent.

Considering the nature of accusation of causing injury, let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of petitioner no.1 Suresh Mahto, if he surrenders within a period of six weeks.

With the above observation, this application with respect to petitioner no.1 only is, accordingly, disposed off. So far as petitioner nos. 2 and 3 are concerned, considering the specific accusation of causing injury against petitioner no.1, let them be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Begusarai in connection with Khodawandpur P.S. Case No.141 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T