Dinesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69325 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-100 Year-2024 Thana- SIWAIPATTI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Dinesh Kumar son of Yugal Kishore Prasad Gupta Resident of villagesiwaipatti, P.O- siwaipatti, Sub Dist- Minapur, District- Muzaffarpur, Bihar843128. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Govind Raj Shahi, Advocate Mr. Mayank Mohan, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 338, 336 (3), 318 (4) and 3 (5) of the B.N.S. and Section 7 of the E.C. Act.
3. The case of the prosecution relates to embezzlement of 844.50 quintals of paddy amounting to Rs.18,64,656/- during the Kharif season of the year 2023-24 by the accused persons including the petitioner.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner happens to be the Manager of the Belahilachhi Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and did not indulge in any kind of embezzlement and further bona fide has been shown by the fact that the alleged misappropriated amount has been deposited
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69325 of 2025(4) dt.21-01-2026 2/2 with the bank along with the interest to the tune of Rs.20,80,848/- by all the accused persons including the present petitioner. It is also submitted that considering such submissions one co-accused, Manoj Kumar Singh, who was Chairman of the PACS, has already been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 17.11.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.74544 of 2025.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the payment of embezzled amount has already been made and no dues certificate has also been issued in favour of the petitioner in this regard coupled with the fact that the co-accused of this case has already been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail and the case of the petitioner stands on similar footing, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten 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 Siwaipatti P.S. Case No.100 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U T