Arun Sao @ Arun Kumar @ Arun Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.197 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -39 Year- 2017 Thana -KHUDWAN District- AURANGABAD ======================================================

1. Arun Sao @ Arun Kumar @ Arun Sah, S/o Naresh Saw @ Naresh Sah, R/o Village- Khudwan, P.S.- Khudwan, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Appellant/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

.... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Smt Usha Kumari No-1, SPP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 09-02-2018 This is an appeal under Section 14(A)(2) of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the refusal of prayer for anticipatory bail by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Aurangabad, in Khudwan Police Station Case No. 39 of 2017 registered under Sections 337/338/504/506/353 and other minor sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(1)(s)/(3)(2)(Va) of the Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

Similarly situated other co-accused have already been allowed anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Appeal (SJ) No.2926 of 2017 vide Annexure-2. Hence, let the appellant, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of

Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.197 of 2018 (3) dt.09-02-2018 P2/ thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court-below where the case is pending in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as condition that the appellants shall fully cooperate with the investigation/trial of the case, failing which the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the appellants. Accordingly, the appeal stands allowed.

(Birendra Kumar, J) Mkr./- U T