IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8834 of 2008 RATAN LAL DAS Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 2. 15.5.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner prays for anticipatory bail in a complaint case under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has wrongly been made accused in the case since he was merely a member of the Punjab National Bank Karamchari Bachat Ewam Sakh Swablambi Sahkari Samiti Ltd. It is submitted that the allegation regarding collection of money is against Co-operative society itself and the petitioner being a mere Peon/Daftari in the Punjab National Bank, Katihar he cannot be held responsible for any defalcation that may have been committed by the Co-operative society. It is further submitted that the petitioner has ceased to be member of the Co-operative Society prior to the institution of the complaint case. It is also pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioner referring paragraph nos. 7 and 8 of the application that five co-accused persons on similar charges have already been granted anticipatory bail by various orders passed by this Court. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner, Ratan Lal Das, in the event of 2 his arrest/surrender in the court below within four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with complaint case No. C.A.389/2005 to the satisfaction of Sri S.Rajak, Judicial Magistrate, 1st. Class, Katihar, subject to other applicable conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. S.Pandey. (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)