IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11735 of 2011 MANIKANT JHA (PRADEEP) @ MANIKANT JHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 21.04.2011 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 409, 465, 468 of the I.P.C. The accusation is of collecting Rs. 4, 72, 015/- form the different persons for being deposited in the PACS account but it was not deposited. Petitioner at the relevant point of time was the Manager in the PACS and it is submitted that during investigation the Dy. S.P. found that the money being collected by the agents who actually defalcated the money. It is also submitted that subsequently petitioner has been appointed for some government job and consequently the petitioner has to deposit Rs. 2, 94, 543.92/-. It is further submitted that other accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 29954 of 2008. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner namely Manikant Jha(Pradeep) @ Manikant Jha, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial 2 Magistrate, Araria in connection with Kursakanta(Kuwari) P.S. Case No. 74 of 2004 arising out of Complaint Case No. 2043C of 2004. Let the Superintendent of Police, Araria transmit a report that under what circumstance the matter is still pending for investigation when the case was instituted in 2004. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)