Menka Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.6471 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -83 Year- 2014 Thana -PRANPUR District- KATIHAR ====================================================== Menka Jha wife of Shivdev Jha, resident of village- Kehuniya, Police Station- Pranpur, District- Katihar.

.... .... Petitioner

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The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.17266 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -83 Year- 2014 Thana -PRANPUR District- KATIHAR ====================================================== Azima Khatoon, Wife of Md. Tafajjul Haque, Resident of village- Kewala, P.S.- Pranpur, District- Katihar .... .... Petitioner

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

(In Cr.Misc. No.6471 of 2015) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. N.K.Agarwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Bimal Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Binod Kumar No. 3, A.P.P. (In Cr.Misc. No.17266 of 2015) For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amish Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Binod Kumar No. 3, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-05-2015 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Both the applications for grant of anticipatory bail, arise out of Pranpur P.S. Case No. 83 of 2014 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467 and 468 of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6471 of 2015 (4) dt.21-05-2015 2/3 Indian Penal Code and have, therefore, been taken up together and are being disposed of by the present common order. Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 6471 of 2015 and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 17266 of 2015 have submitted that in the First Information Report they have not been named. They are the Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat, Pranpur Panchayat and the case was instituted against Panchayat Rojgar Sewak for misappropriation of the amount advanced to him for the purpose of certain work in the Panchayat. They have submitted that even in course of investigation, no material has come to connect these petitioners with the misappropriation of government money.

They have also submitted that over and above the opinion of the Supervisory Officer in his supervision note, there is nothing to implicate these petitioners in the alleged misappropriation of the government money. This submission cannot be disputed by learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of the State of Bihar, with reference to the case diary.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6471 of 2015 (4) dt.21-05-2015 3/3 furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Pranpur Police Station Case No. 83 of 2014, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Vats/- U T