Santosh Kumar Chandrabanshi @ Santosh Anand v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68693 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-356 Year-2019 Thana- SASARAM NAGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== SANTOSH KUMAR CHANDRABANSHI @ SANTOSH ANAND Son of Lalan Singh Chandrabanshi Resident of Village- Darigaon, P.S.- Sasaram (Darigaon), District- Rohtas.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Raghunandan Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Satyavrat Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 27-11-2019 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in connection with Sasaram (Darigaon) P. S. Case No. 356 of 2019 dated 28.04.2019 instituted for the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accusation in the F.I.R. is that the informant and many others had deposited money in LIC through the agency of the petitioner but the money was not returned and on being accosted, the petitioner is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68693 of 2019(2) dt.27-11-2019 2/3 alleged to have told the informant that he had not deposited money of any person of the locality. Hench, the F.I.R.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the case has been lodged by the informant in a representative capacity, without providing any detail of the investment by either him or anyone of the persons who have been named in the F.I.R.
Apart from this, it has been submitted that F.I.R. is misleading as money has not been invested by the petitioner and his associates in LIC but in Alchemist Group of Companies of which the petitioner is one of the Executives. The amount which has been deposited by the informant and others has been invested in a long term saving with a lock-in period of 16 years. Since the informant and his associates wanted to break the aforesaid deposit and withdraw the money, which was not permitted, the subject F.I.R. has been instituted. Because of the vagueness of the allegation in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68693 of 2019(2) dt.27-11-2019 3/3 the F.I.R., this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
The petition is allowed.
The petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sasaram (Darigaon) P. S. Case No. 356 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438
(2) Cr.P.C.
(Ashutosh Kumar, J) skm/- U