IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.43499 of 2008 AJAY KUMAR ….. PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ….. OPP. PARTY ----------- 2. 18.11.2008 Heard Sri S.K.P. Sinha, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri D. Mehta, APP for the State. The police got an information that some persons were standing at a particular place with some fake currency notes, so as to exchanging it with older defaced currency notes. The police reached there and while the accused persons were attempting to flee away from there caught some of them including the petitioner. On search the petitioner was found in possession of currency notes each of 50 denomination numbering 98 totaling Rs. 4900/-. The contention is that the petitioner is in custody since last five months and that the offence may be under Section 489B of the IPC. The further contention is that chief architect of the offence was one Manik Kumar. I do not see any reason to distinguish between the persons of the group, which appears to me acting together with the same goal and for the same purpose. The contention that it may be a case under Section 489B IPC is - 2 - concerned, I would say that it could also be a case under Section 489C of the IPC. Above all, the very act is a concerted and serious attempt of smashing our national economy and integrity and that keeping in mind, I am not inclined to direct the release of the petitioner. The petition is dismissed. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)