Sri Sikandar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10597 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2018 Thana- MEHANDIA District- Jehanabad ====================================================== SRI SIKANDAR, S/O Late Ram Chandra Singh, Resident of Village-Gehuya Bigha, Police Station- Mehandia, District- Arwal. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 26-04-2019 Petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in connection with Mehandia P.S. Case No. 66 of 2018, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7 of the E.C. Act. Allegation against the petitioner, who is a PDS dealer, is that on inquiry from several beneficiaries it is come to the notice that petitioner has neither distributed ration articles nor his behaviour is good and on the inspection of the District Magistrate mass irregularities committed by the petitioner has also been detected.

Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the present case has been filed at the instance of one Akhilesh Kumar by making some interpolations and the witnesses have also not supported the prosecution case.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10597 of 2019(3) dt.26-04-2019 2/2 Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and in the facts and circumstances, let petitioner, above named, surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order and on surrender he shall be released on provisional bail by the court below itself till submission of charge sheet, subject to the condition that he will co-operate in the investigation during that period and produce all the papers before the I.O. However, in spite of that if charge sheet has been submitted against the petitioner, he has to surrender and make prayer for regular bail, which shall be considered on the basis of the materials available on the record at that time.

With the above observation, this application is disposed of.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U T