Sheojee Sah v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.37274 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -124 Year- 2015 Thana -DINARA District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ====================================================== Sheojee Sah, son of Sri Doman Sah, resident of Village+P.O.- Kund, P.S.- Dinara, District- Rohtas.
.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. The District Manager, State Food Corporation, Rohtas, Sasaram. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Khurshid Anwar (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 14-09-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.
The petitioner being a rice miller is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
The prosecution case is that Rohtas unit of Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation supplied 1100 quintals of paddy to the petitioner being rice miller under an agreement during the procurement years 2012-13 and in lieu thereof the petitioner was supposed to supply 7370 quintals of custom milled rice. The petitioner supplied only 3506.70 quintals
of custom milled rice and failed to supply 3863.30 quintals of custom milled rice worth Rs.83,66,207.95/-.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the rice could not be supplied due to apathetic attitude of the officials of The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation and under agreement the due amount was supposed to be realized by initiating certificate proceeding under the provision of Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914 or through arbitration and the certificate proceeding being Certificate Case No. 8/2014-15 has already been initiated. It is submitted by learned counsel for the BSFC that the petitioner failed to make supply within time frame i.e. 31.12.2013 and the BSFC has already initiated legal proceeding for recovery of the alleged due amount. However, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner will deposit 20% of the alleged due amount through bank draft in favour of The State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation within nine months in nine equal monthly installments. Though, statement to that effect has not been made in the petition.
Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on
provisional anticipatory bail for ten months in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Dinara P.S. Case No. 124 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The aforesaid deposit will not be treated to be an admission of the petitioner with regard to the claim of the informant but the same will be subject to the certificate proceeding or any legal proceeding.
The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below on submission of 20% of the due amount through bank draft within nine months in nine monthly equal installments in favour of The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation, Patna.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) DKS/- U T