Praveen Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.46197 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -80 Year- 2011 Thana -AURANGABAD TOWN DistrictAURANGABAD ====================================================== Praveen Kumar Jha, Son of Shubh Kant Jha, R/o Village- Habibhour, P.S.- Bahera, District- Darbhanga.
.... .... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kaushal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ahmad Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Aurangabad Town P.S. Case No.80 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the first information report has been instituted on the basis of a complaint, which was referred to the police under Section 156 (3) of the Cr. P.C. The complainant/informant of the case himself admitted that he was working as an agent of one O.C.P.L. company and had collected certain amount from certain persons and deposited the same with the company,
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46197 of 2017 (2) dt.17-10-2017 which, subsequently, found the receipts to be forged one. He contended that the petitioner was associated with the said company as its Regional Manager and has resigned as back as on 25th November, 2009. According to him, the instant complaint has been instituted by the informant just in order to save his own skin from the investors from whom he had collected the money and issued forged receipts. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the application for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Considering the nature of the offence and the submissions noted above, in the event of arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of six weeks from today, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each of the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Aurangabad Town P.S. Case No.80 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)