Munna Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60348 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2022 Thana- BARBIGHA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Munna Kumar Son Of Surendra Ram R/V- Kutubchak, P.S- Barbigha, DistSheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Raj Nandan Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 10-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution story in brief is that in view of Letter No. 1/9863/2021 of Rural Development Department, Patna Bihar through CPGRAMS, when the matter of withdrawal of money in the name of deceased persons under MANREGA scheme came in light, the matter was got investigated and on the basis of the inquiry report, the order was given by the District Magistrate, Sheikhpura through Memo No. 89 dated 18.01.2022 to register as FIR against the employees and public representatives found guilty.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent, not named in the FIR and has been falsely
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60348 of 2022(2) dt.10-01-2023 2/2 implicated in this case. He submits that there is no allegation of any irregularity in the execution of work. He submits that at the relevant time, the petitioner was working as Customer Service Provider. He submits that similarly situated co-accused has already been granted bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.09.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26272 of 2022. He further submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of this application. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Barbigha (Keoti O.P.) P.S. Case No. 27 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438
(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T