Bachchu Lal Singh @ Bachchu Lal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.24616 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -46 Year- 2016 Thana -NASRIGANJ District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ======================================================

1. Bachchu Lal Singh @ Bachchu Lal Son of Late Ram Gati Singh, Resident of Village- Chhabilapur, P.S. Nokha, District-Rohtas at Sasaram. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jai Prakash Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 13-06-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Nasariganj Police Station Case No. 46 of 2016 registered for the offence punishable under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner was working as Panchayat Secretary at the relevant time and he was directed by erring officials to deposit the folders and documents related to the appointment of Panchayat teachers but he failed to deposit the aforesaid documents before the higher officials. The explanation of the petitioner is that he had taken charge of Panchayat Secretary on 01.07.2014 from one Dadan Ram but the predecessor of the petitioner had not given the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24616 of 2016 (2) dt.13-06-2016 2/2 above stated documents to the petitioner while handing over his charge and information regarding the aforesaid facts was given by the petitioner to Block Education Officer, Nasriganj, Rohtas on 29.06.2014 but, even then, the petitioner had been made accused in this case. It is also pointed out that having more or less similar allegation, one co-accused namely, Lal Bihari Ram, has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, this anticipatory bail petition is allowed and it is ordered that petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order to the court concerned, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas in Nasariganj Police Station Case no. 46 of 2016, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) N.K/- U T