IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.22033 of 2011 Zahir Alam Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 02 15.07.2011 Heard Mr.Rana Pratap Singh, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mrs. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP for the State. This petition has been filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner who is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dehri P.S. Case No.58 of 2002 registered under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the IPC. The matter relates to alleged defalcation of an amount of Rs.52,96,300/- which had been received through Integrated Co- operative Development Programme (“ICDP” for short), Rohtas, Sasaram Bhabhua Central Co-operative Bank Limited, and the District Rural Development Programme, Rohtas. It has been alleged in the FIR that the Gramodyog Co-operative Ltd., Rudrapur, Block Dehri, a co-operative society had launched a Mushroom producing unit and that the amount advanced to it had been defalcated by the Managing Body of the said co-operative society. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not even been named in the FIR or in any of the documents appended thereto, nor in the enquiry report submitted by the Deputy Managing Director-cum-Chief Vigilance Officer, Bihar State Co-operative Bank Limited. He submits that he was merely 2 an Extension Officer of the ICDP and during his tenure some amount had been advanced in furtherance of the agricultural loan which had been sanctioned to the said co-operative society by the District Consideration Committee. As a matter of fact he was never involved in any way in the process of sanctioning or disbursement of the loan amount. Defalcation if at all may have been at the level of the managing body of the society which is also the finding of the Enquiry Officer. Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and after considering the materials on record, this Court directs to let the petitioner Zahir Alam son of Late Hafiz Alam be released on bail bond of Rs.25,000/-(twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Dehri P.S. Case No.58 of 2002 registered under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467. 468, 471 and 120(B) of the IPC in the event of his arrest or surrender within one month from date of communication of this order subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. psc (Vikash Jain, J.)