Krishnand Singh @ Krishnanand Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72383 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-744 Year-2020 Thana- JAHANABAD District- Jehanabad ====================================================== KRISHNAND SINGH @ KRISHNANAND SINGH Son of Late Chhabila Singh @ Chabila Singh Resident of Village - Sahbajpur Dhebai, P.S.- Meghandia in the Distt. of Arwal.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-06-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to remove the defects as pointed out by the office within three weeks on resumption of physical mode, failing which the office is directed to place the matter before the Bench.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 409 and 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per FIR, the petitioner and other accused persons are alleged to have not completed the work and embezzled the amount of Rs.16,84,557/- in Mukhya Mantri Gramin Peyjal Nishchit Yojana.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72383 of 2021(2) dt.15-06-2022 2/2 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. He further submits that a counter affidavit has been filed in Cr. Misc. No. 31565/2021 by the Block Panchayat Officer, Jehanabad, wherein it has been stated that the work, in question, has been completed by the accused persons in February, 2021 itself. The other co-accused have been granted bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail petition.

In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of the order, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 744/2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438

(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) amitkumar/- U T