Smt. Ranjana Kumari v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.17842 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -355 Year- 2017 Thana -DARBHANGA SADAR DistrictDARBHANGA ======================================================

1. Smt. Ranjana Kumari D/o Late Rama Shankar Pandey W/o Sri Bharat Kumar Dubey Resident of Village & P.O. Chausa, District - Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. The Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Daroga Rai Path, Patna.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravindra Kumar Shukla For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Satyavarat Verma For the BSFC : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 06-04-2018 Heard both sides.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in Darbhanga Sadar (Mabbi) P.S. case No. 355 of 2017 for the offences punishable under Section 406, 408, 409, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The District Manager, State Food Corporation, Darbhanga lodged the case making allegation that Smt. Ranjana Kumari, the then District Manager, SFC, Darbhanga, and others illegally adjusted the transportation, handling, milling and security money and caused misappropriation of Rs. 28,72,880/-. The learned counsel for the petitioner drew my

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17842 of 2018 (2) dt.06-04-2018 2/3 attention to page 107 of the FIR, at serial -3 column-7, wherein it has been written that the claimed amount of transportation, handling, milling and security money are to be adjusted. The petitioner never adjusted any transportation charge submitted by the transporter, brother of the rice mill owner. Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the BSFC, submits that from the FIR itself it appears that petitioner never adjusted amount of transportation, handling, milling and security money rather she wrote that the aforesaid amount are to be adjusted.

From perusal of the records, it appears that the District Manager although annexed the bill along with FIR but without taking the same into consideration lodged the case against the petitioner that she adjusted the amount of transportation, handling, milling and security money although petitioner written that the amount under the aforesaid heads are to be adjusted. Considering the facts aforesaid and the nature of allegation made against the petitioner, the petitioner above named in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17842 of 2018 (2) dt.06-04-2018 3/3 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Darbhanga Sadar (Mabbi) P.S. case No.355 of 2017, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Jha, J) BKS/- U T