Mangal Kumar Mandal @ Janglesh Mandal v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.27945 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -148 Year- 2016 Thana -BAUSI District- PURNIA ====================================================== Mangal Kumar Mandal @ Janglesh Mandal, S/o Mahendra Prasad Mandal, Resident of Village- Pachera, P.S.- Raniganj, District- Araria, Bihar. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar,

2. North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited through MD NBPDC Limited, Government of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Arbind Kumar Pandey For NBPDC : Mr. A.K. Ojha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 12-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing on behalf of NBPDCL and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Baisi P.S (Distt-Purnia) Case no. 148 of 2016, registered under Sections 384, 406 and 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is that while the electric power connection was to be provided free of cost to the families of BPL category under Rajeev Gandhi Gramin Electricity Scheme, but the petitioner, who was engaged as technician by the contractor Shailendra Kumar Singh, connected electric power to several houses on taking money from them.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that while in the joint enquiry report several beneficiaries have stated about giving

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27945 of 2017 (4) dt.12-09-2017 2/2 money in lieu of fixing the electric connection, but none has detailed the name of the petitioner and they have only stated that technician have taken money. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the ACJM-2, Purnea, in connection with Baisi P.S. Case No. 148 of 2016, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) manish/- U T