Birendra Ram @ Birendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.34243 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -376 Year- 2013 Thana -KOTWALI District- MUNGER ====================================================== Birendra Ram @ Birendra Kumar, son of late Dimagi Ram .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. R.S.Choudhary (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-08-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

The informant being the Ward Councilor of Munger Municipal Corporation has alleged that the petitioner has cheated several persons on the pretext of providing benefits under widow pension, handicapped pension and marriage welfare schemes. The said accusation has been supported by 79 prospective beneficiaries.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is neither a government servant nor the elected representative and only on suspicion the accusation has been levelled. A statement has been made in paragraph 3 of the petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34243 of 2015 (2) dt.25-08-2015 2/2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Munger in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No.376 of 2013, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T