Sushil Kumar Verma (Former Revenue Circle I Nspector) v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17593 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-9 Year-2012 Thana- ECONOMIC OFFENCE DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Sushil Kumar Verma (Former Revenue Circle Inspector) S/o- Late Jitendra Prasad Resident of Village-Bhopatpur, Tola- Baghhiya, P.S.- Kesaria, DistrictEast Champaran (Motihari), At present R/o- Ward No. 06, In front of Gramin Bank, Raghunathpur, P.S.- Motihari (Town), District- East Champaran at Motihari.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

S.P. Economic Offence Unit, Patna (Bihar) ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Anang Mohan Sinha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP For EOU :

Mr. V.N.P. Singh, Sr. Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 10-07-2020 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State as well as learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the Economic Offence Unit.

The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Economic Offence P.S. Case No. 09 of 2012 for offences under Sections 403, 406, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 13(1(D), Amendment Section 13(1)(A) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17593 of 2020(2) dt.10-07-2020 2/2 petitioner, who is aged about 72 years, has no criminal antecedent and he retired way back in 2009. He further submits that co-accused, namely, Sharma Pandey has been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 24.03.2014 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4436 of 2014. Considering the fact that the petitioner is aged about 72 years, he retired way back in 2009 and that co-accused, namely, Sharma Pandey has been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Let petitioner, above-named, in the event of arrest or surrender within one month from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of P.O. (Spl.), Economic Offences, Muzaffarpur in connection with Economic Offence P.S. Case No. 09 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) BT/- U T