Ram Pravesh Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19257 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-125 Year-2020 Thana- KUNDWACHAINPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ram Pravesh Sah S/o Ramdhari Sah Resident of village- Gawandri, P.S.- Kundwa Chainpur, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Surendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 409 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that the Chairman of Ward Implementation and Management Committee of Ward No.14 of Gram PanchayatGawandhri, namely, Ram Pravesh Sah (petitioner) , Secretary, namely, Pinki Devi disbursed an amount of Rs.13,60,000/- for completing the Nal Jal Scheme but then the work was not completed.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19257 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/3
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that initially the fund is credited in the account of the Mukhiya and from there, it is transferred in the account of the Samiti and thereafter the Samiti disbursed the amount to the contractor for completing the work. It is further submitted that specific statement has been made at Para-8 of the anticipatory bail application that work has been completed and the Junior Engineer has also measured the work and prepared measurement book on 08.11.2021. It is next submitted that even the allegation as alleged in the F.I.R. does not inspire confidence for the reason that F.I.R. has been instituted on a typed application and the details have been filled.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. 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 trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kundwa Chainpur
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19257 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 3/3 P.S. Case No.125/2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T