Arbind Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42149 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-250 Year-2024 Thana- NAUHATTA District- Saharsa ====================================================== Arbind Thakur S/o Late Mohan Thakur Resident of Village- Nauhatta, Police Station- Nauhatta, District- Saharsa ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Awadhesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-07-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 316(5) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. It is next submitted that the licence of PACS, Nauhatta West, was cancelled by the Sub-divisional Officer vide his order dated 1-9-2022 on account of irregularities committed, at that time the PDS shop was being run by the Executive PACS President, Mrs. Kaushar Praveen and Manager Arbind Thakur, further 79.23 quintal of wheat and 120.26 quintal of rice was left on E-POS machine and the same was to be handed over to Virendra Chaudhary, but the same was not done, on account of which the beneficiaries were facing

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42149 of 2025(2) dt.09-07-2025 2/2 difficulties.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that it is not a case of defalcation or siphoning of food-grains. It is further submitted that petitioner was working as Manager and the entire grain has been handed over to Virendra Chaudhary.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case No. 250 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T