Ram Pratap Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.26098 of 2015 Arising out of PS.Case No. -139 Year- 2015 Thana -MOHANIA District- BHABHUA (KAIMUR) ====================================================== Ram Pratap Singh, S/o Late Raja Singh resident of village - Pakdihar, P.S. Mohania, District - Kaimur.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Sri Pramod Kumar Pathak, S/o Late Uday Chandra Pathak, District Manager, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd., Kaimur ( Bhabua ) .... .... Opposite Parties.

====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Bhaskar Shankar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Mukesh Kr.Singh(App). For the BSFC : Mr. Anurag Saurav, Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-07-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in Mohania P.S. Case No. 139 of 2015 registered under sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

Prosecution case, in short, is that the petitioner being owner for rice mill has received paddy of 6000.00 quintals under an agreement to deposit 4020 quintals of C.M. R. but the petitioner has deposited only 270 quintals of C.M.R and rest has not deposited and Rs. 81,20,850.00 has been embezzled for personal benefit.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that as per the allegation the outstanding dues against the petitioner is of Rs. 81,20,850.00. It is further submitted that

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26098 of 2015 (2) dt.16-07-2015 2/2 petitioner is ready to deposit 20% of the said amount within a period of nine months.

On behalf of the State it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the first information report and there is direct allegation against him.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, petitioner is directed to deposit 20% of Rs. 81,20,850.00 before the State Food Corporation within a period of nine months through bank draft.

In the meantime, the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order is directed to be enlarged on provisional anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua in Mohania P.S. Case No. 139 of 2015, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The provisional bail granted to the petitioner shall be confirmed by the court below, if the petitioner produces certificate showing that the 20% of the outstanding dues has been deposited by him before the State Food Corporation within a period of nine months through bank draft.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T