Arjun Prasad Singh @ Arjun Pd. Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.42007 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -85 Year- 2016 Thana -BHAGALPUR KOTWALI District- BHAGALPUR =====================================

1. Arjun Prasad Singh @ Arjun Pd. Singh, Son of Late Kishun Prasad @ Late Kishun Prasad Singh, Resident of Village- Bahadurpur, Simariya, Police Station- Kajaraili, District- Bhagalpur.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Director General, Vigilance Investigation Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ===================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Shanker Pankaj For the State : Mr. Rajendra Singh Shastriji For O.P. No. 2 : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma ===================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-09-2016 Heard the parties.

This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Kotwali (Adampur) P.S. Case No. 85 of 2016, disclosing offences under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42007 of 2016 (2) dt.30-09-2016 2/3 The allegation against the petitioner is of not making available to the Vigilance Bureau team, the registers and folders relating to the appointments made to the posts of Panchayat Teachers, illegality of which is being inquired into by the Vigilance Bureau.

The petitioner is In-Charge Secretary of Deendayalpur Gram Panchayat and Gobrayan Panchayat, in the district of Bhagalpur. It is not alleged in the First Information Report that the said documents were in his possession, which he refused to supply or he misappropriated or got disappeared the same.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this application is allowed. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Kotwali (Adampur) P.S. Case No. 85 of 2016, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438

(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42007 of 2016 (2) dt.30-09-2016 3/3 failure on his part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bond shall be liable to be cancelled.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) Praveen-II/-c U T