IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.50474 of 2008 UMESH CHANDRA RAY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 13.4.2009 Heard both sides. The petitioner has approached this Court for grant of anticipatory bail in a case instituted under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 409/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that he being posted as the Block Agriculture Officer contributed in misappropriation of the government fund allotted for the purpose of distributing amongst the needy farmers as credit loan(s) It appears that fake persons/farmers were identified and subsidy amount were disbursed by way of bearer cheques in stead of account payee cheque(s). The petitioner being the Block Agriculture Officer recommended the names /applications of the beneficiaries they were found fake. Submission made before this Court is that he forwarded the applications on the basis of the recommendations made by the Panchayat Sewak. It has further been submitted that signatories to the cheque(s) were the District Agriculture officer as well as the Nazir. Counsel for the State referring to some Paragraphs of the case submits that the District Agriculture Officer as well as Nazir of the office have also been booked in this - 2 - case. Record shows that the matter is still under investigation. In that view of the matter, I am not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The bail application of the petitioner stands rejected. P. Kumar (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)