Balak Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.47523 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -102 Year- 2017 Thana -RAGHOPUR District- SUPAUL ======================================================

1. Balak Paswan Son of Ram Kishun Paswan, R/o Village- Kumarganj, P.S.- Kishanpur, District- Supaul.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Panchanand Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 24-11-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner apprehends arrest in Raghopur P.S. Case No. 102 of 2017 instituted for the offence under Sections-406, 408, 409, 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against this petitioner is that he being ExPanchayat Secretary of Gram Panchayat Dharhara, Supaul received advance money for different projects as mentioned in the written report but he did not complete the work and misappropriated the aforesaid amount along with the then Mukhiya of said Gram Panchayat. The money received by the petitioner is shown in the written report itself which indicates that he has received an amount of Rs. 30,00,000/- for various schemes as mentioned in detail in the written report. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the work could not be completed as he was transferred from Dharhara to

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47523 of 2017 (3) dt.24-11-2017 Kamalpur Gram Panchayat.

In this manner, there is serious allegation against this petitioner of misappropriating the huge amount of government money as mentioned in the written report.

The case diary has been received wherein witnesses in various paragraphs have supported the allegation against this petitioner which also finds mention in the impugned order. In such circumstances, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected.

The petitioner is directed to surrender in the court below and seek regular bail which will be considered by the court below in accordance with law without being prejudiced by this order. (Sanjay Priya, J) A.K.V./- U T