IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.5891 of 2009 KAILASH DAS, Son of Dayal Das, resident of village – Das Gram Bhaisdira, P.S. Barari, District – Katihar at present Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj Bhawanipur Khatti Parkhand Amdabad. …. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Rita Kumari daughter of Jyotish Mandal Wife of Deepak Mandal, resident of village – Gauripur, P.S. Pranpur, District – Katihar. … Respondents. ----------- 04/ 27.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is the Panchayat Secretary and he is apprehending his arrest in connection with a complaint case registered for the offences under Sections 406, 385 and 504 of the Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on that allegation that complainant was being harassed by the petitioner and the co-accused Mukhiya and she was not being paid her salary. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that salary of the complainant has already been paid, of course, after filing of the complaint. Let petitioner surrender in the court below within four weeks from today and thereafter the court below should verify from the complainant whether her entire arrears of salary has been paid and if it is true that the complainant has already been paid her entire salary, then petitioner Kailash Das be admitted to the privilege of bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Complaint Case No. C.A. 1762 - 2 - of 2007, otherwise this order need not be given effect if after verification it transpires that complainant has not been paid salary. Until such verification no coercive steps however be taken against the petitioner. This application is, accordingly, disposed of. DKS/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)