Santosh Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.30797 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -139 Year- 2017 Thana -BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBEGUSARAI ====================================================== Santosh Sah, S/o Chamru Sah, R/o Village-Ulao Muffasil-Singhaul O.P. P.S. Singhaul O.P., District-Begusarai.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Krishna Kumar Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umeshnand Pandit ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-07-2017 Heard both sides.

The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Muffasil Singhauli O.P (Out Post) P.S. Case No. 139 of 2017 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioner admittedly is a villager and also an employee of the informant who deals in business of medicine. This petitioner allegedly used a blank signed cheque of the informant and after filling the amount, presented the same in Bank and encahsed Rs. 24,000/-.

The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that prior to three or four months of institution of this case, the petitioner left working at the place of informant as he refused to enhance his salary and started working at different place. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30797 of 2017 (2) dt.06-07-2017 2/2 informant is the son of retired police official and he lodged the case only to harass him. There is also delay of four months in lodging the case Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the prayer of anticipatory bail is allowed and the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from today is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Muffasil Singhauli O.P (Out Post) P.S. Case No. 139 of 2017 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2), the code of Criminal Procedure.

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