Bhushan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21705 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-291 Year-2022 Thana- KHIJARSARAI District- Gaya ====================================================== Bhushan Singh S/O Ramdeo Singh R/V- Kari Soba, P.S.- Wazirganj, DistrictGaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No.2, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Lal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-07-2023 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 409 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 petitioner being Panchayat Sachiv misappropriated Rs. 4,51,934/- with regard to Uchauli Panchayat, Government Building Yojana and further in connivance with Mukhiya, misappropriated public money by installing street lights by withdrawing money from 15th Financial Scheme when the scheme of installing the street lights pertained to 14th Finance Scheme which was closed, it is next alleged that a case under the Debt Recovery Act has been instituted for recovering the amount.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21705 of 2023(2) dt.10-07-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that already a case under the Debt Recovery Act has been instituted for recovering the amount, it is further submitted that the petitioner will have his defence before the authority when the matter under the Debt Recovery Act is taken up. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner will be able to come out clean.

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 Court below 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 court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Khizersarai P.S. Case No. 291 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T