Jitendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.11871 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -552 Year- 2016 Thana -CHAPRA TOWN District- SARAN ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar, son of Late Ram Narayan Prasad, Resident of MohallaNehru Nagar, Gobarsahi Chawk, P.S.- Sadar, District- Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar.
.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case no. 552 of 2016 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 469, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.
The allegation of Executive Officer, Chapra Municipality is that on 31.10.2016 the account of his office situated at Chapra UCO Bank was updated then it came in knowledge that on the basis of the forged cheque bearing No. 422126 amount of Rs. 9,73,000/- was transferred in another account of one Manoj Kumar Yadav of UCO Bank, Ekma Branch, while the said cheque was in the office and the signature of the fake cheque was different from the signature of the informant, which was informed to the branch Manager, Chapra on 31.10.2016 on which branch manager assured that the said amount will
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11871 of 2017 (4) dt.01-07-2017 2/2 transfer shortly, but the said amount has not been transferred. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is the Assistant Manager of UCO Bank, Ekma Branch and he is not involved in the occurrence as alleged in the F.I.R. Moreover, against Manoj Kumar Yadav in whose account the said amount was transferred by depositing the forged cheque Ekma P.S. Case No. 178 of 2016 was instituted on the basis of the written report of Manager, UCO Bank, Ekma Branch in which Manoj Kumar was apprehended. There was no intentional fault on the hand of the bank officials UCO Bank, Ekma. Moreover, Munna Kumar Singh @ Munna Singh, Branch Manager, Ekma has been granted anticipatory bail by this court on 13.04.2017 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No.13678 of 2017.
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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Chapra Town P.S. Case No. 552 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