Laljee Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29600 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2019 Thana- RAJPUR District- Buxar ====================================================== LALJEE RAM, Son of Baliram Ram, Resident of Village- Rampur, Police Station- Rajpur, District- Buxar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nil Kamal For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bharat Bhushan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-01-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Since the physical court proceeding is non-functional, due to present pandemic, COVID-19, the matter is listed with defects.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects as pointed out by the office within three weeks of normal functioning of the court, failing which the office is directed to place the matter before the Bench. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation is that the petitioner had not constructed the path street from Devidihra to Dandi and withdrawn Rs.3,07,500/-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29600 of 2020(2) dt.20-01-2021 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and the petitioner has no criminal history.

Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the work in question has already been completed which is mentioned in Cr. Misc. No. 39303/2019 dated 28.06.2019 and kept at Annexure-2. The petitioner is Mukhiya of the said Gram Panchayat. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and there is no role to sign on the cheque.

Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail petition.

In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, the said work has already been completed, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the order, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Rajpur P. S. Case No. 12 of 2019, subject to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29600 of 2020(2) dt.20-01-2021 3/3 conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) amitkumar/- U T