Manoranjan Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20463 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-472 Year-2020 Thana- BHAGALPUR KOTWALI DistrictBhagalpur ====================================================== Manoranjan Prasad S/O Late Bhawesh Chandra Das @ Late Bhawtosh Chandra Das R/O Surya Bhawan, Infront Of Rai Bahadur Surya Prasad, Choti Khanjarpur, P.S.-BARARI, District-Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

BRANCH MANAGER, S.B.I BARARI BRANCH, BHAGALPUR BHAGALPUR.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dr. Manoj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjiv Kumar.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-06-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the Office, within a period of four weeks.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 406, 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused defalcated a sum of Rs. 40,000/- with the bank. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20463 of 2021(2) dt.28-06-2021 2/3 allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The matter relates to the year 2013 and the case has been filed in the year 2020. The petitioner happens to be the Deputy Manager of the Branch in question where it is alleged that defalcation of Rs. 40,000/- has been made. It is further submitted that the petitioner is ready to deposit a sum of Rs. 40,000/- (forty thousand) in the court below which shall be subject to the final disposal of the case.

On behalf of the State and the Bank, it is submitted that they have no objection to the deposit being made by the petitioner in the Court below.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and also the lockdown, on deposit of a sum of Rs. 40,000/- (forty thousand) in the Court below within a period of six weeks which shall be subject to final disposal of the cas e , the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Kotwali (Tilkamanjhi) P.S. Case No. 472/2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20463 of 2021(2) dt.28-06-2021 3/3 Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T