In the High Court of Judicature at Patna Cr. Misc. No.8236 of 2008 Satyendra Narayan Sinha Vrs. The State of Bihar **** /4/ 18.07.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Name of the petitioner, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, has been implicated in Patna Junction (G.R.P.) P.S. Case No. 242 of 2001 in the year 2007, as submitted by the petitioner’s counsel. It has been submitted that the petitioner, who is a Class I contractor, purchased NSC/KVP of several lacs rupees and out of that he furnished three NSC of rupees five thousand denomination as a security money in the contract work. During investigation, the office of the Superintendent, Railway, found the number of NSC as one those NSCs which were stolen from the railway boggy in connection with Patna Junction (G.R.P.) P.S. Case No. 242 of 2001. Counsel for the petitioner submits that since no public notice was published by G.R.P.or postal department to caution general public not to purchase NSC/KVP of certain serial numbers, the purchase of the petitioner was bonafide and he can not be alleged to have committed offence under Sections 380 and 120 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. Considering the submissions, the prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner, above named, is allowed. He is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in 2 case of his surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with the aforementioned case to the satisfaction of the Railway Judicial Magistrate, Patna, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. 4. The petitioner will cooperate in the investigation on being granted anticipatory bail. Cp:3/S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )