Jitendra Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3948 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-240 Year-2021 Thana- PARSA District- Saran ====================================================== JITENDRA SAHNI SON OF MUSAFIR SAHNI R/O VILLAGE- BAGAHI HARAKHPUR, P.S.- TARAIYA, DISTRICT- SARAN AT CHAPRA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Indiwar Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 188 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that during inquiry of ration card it came to notice that application of even such applicants were recommended who were not eligible for ration card and the application had the signature and recommending authority that is the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that petitioner is a contractual employee as such he cannot be the recommending authority, it is further submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3948 of 2022(2) dt.16-08-2022 2/2 that the recommending authority is the informant, it is also submitted that petitioner is an I.T. Assistant his power is limited upto receiving the application form for ration card through the counter and thereafter it is sent to the competent authority for its verification and recommendation for making the same, the learned counsel for the petitioner next submits that the petitioner being a contractual employee has been made an escape board in the present occurrence.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No. 240 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T