IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.526 of 2011 MD. ASLAM ALAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ------------- 2 02.02.2011 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 39 and 44 of the Electricity Act. It is pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioner that the prosecution is bad in itself as the offence has been registered under a repealed Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that so far arrears of electric consumption of Rs. 30,055/- has already been deposited so far as loss calculated by the Electricity Department to the extent of Rs. 1, 89, 570/-, the impugned order suggests that the learned court below directed to deposit half of the loss amount. Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes to deposit half of the aforesaid calculated loss amount in four installments within a period of six months before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, District- West Champaran. The aforesaid amount will be invested in some fixed deposit scheme and that deposited amount will be subject to the ultimate result of the case. 2 Let the petitioner namely, Md. Aslam Alam be released on provisional bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, District- West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Muffasil P.S. Case No. 316 of 2010. Learned Court below will confirm the regular bail on deposit of half of the calculated loss amount within a period of six months. Bhardwaj/ ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)