Eknath Pathak v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.64325 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-56 Year-2018 Thana- KHODAWANDPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== Eknath Pathak Son of Late Bindeshwari Pathak Resident of Village-Pahsara, P.S. Nawkothi District - Begusarai at present working as Principal of Mahant Ramakant Das Inter College, Meghaul, Begusarai ... ... Petitioner

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Yogesh Chandra Verma, Sr. Adv Mr. Ugranath Mallick, Adv For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL ORDER 04-02-2019 Heard learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest for the offences alleged under Sections 420, 409, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code registered in connection with Khodabandpur P.S. Case No. 56 of 2018.

3. At the very outset, learned APP assisted by learned counsel for the Principal of Mahant Ramakant Das Inter College, Meghaul, Begusarai submits that the petitioner claims clean criminal antecedents, however, he had suppressed the fact that he has been made accused in three other cases, namely, Special Case No. 19 of 2017 arising out of Vigilance P.S Case No. 80 of 2017; Khodabandpur P.S. Case No. 28 of 2007; and Khodabandpur P.S. Case No. 13 of 2019. Xerox copies of the first information reports

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.64325 of 2018(4) dt.04-02-2019 2/2 have been placed on record.

4. In the above view of the matter, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed. BT/- (Vikash Jain, J) U T