IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.42677 of 2008 1. MAHENDRA MANDAL S/O HIRDI MANDAL 2. DABLU MANDAL S/O CHAMAK MANDAL 3. SUBASH MANDAL S/O MANDAL ALL R/O VILLGE- MUKERI TOLA, SHANTI NAGAR, P.S.- GOPALPUR, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 24/10/2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Initially a complaint case was filed which has been referred to police where the FIR was registered under sections 323, 406, 420, 467/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 17 of the Cheat Fund Act. The complainant alleged that the petitioners and others were carrying illegal banking business and were accepting deposits on the promise of paying higher interest. Allegation is that the amount was taken but not returned. Submission is that there is no explanation as to why the complaint was not filed at that stage. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners Mahendra Mandal, Dablu Mandal and Subash Mandal are directed to be released on bail on furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the A.C.J.M., Naugachia in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 102 of 2008. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)