IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35509 of 2008 BASUDEO PRASAD BIDHATA Son of Late Gorakh Prasad, Resident of MohallaJaiprakash Nagar, Ward No. 21 P.S. & District- Khagaria, as Secretary of Red Cross Society, Khagaria Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 19.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offences under sections 406, 409, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is of committing serious financial irregularity while he was the Secretary of the Red Cross Society by collecting money on the basis of the receipts got printed by him. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the allegations are absolutely false and the petitioner collected the money on the basis of the coupons provided to him by the Society and the money collected was deposited in the Bank. Learned Addl. P.P. appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is allegation of committing serious financial irregularity against this petitioner, as detailed in the first information report, and as such, the petitioner is not entitled to be - 2 - granted the privilege of anticipatory bail. Considering the submissions, as noticed above, and the nature of allegation levelled against this petitioner and its seriousness, I am not inclined to grant him the privilege of anticipatory bail. His prayer for grant of anticipatory bail is, accordingly, rejected. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)