IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14281 of 2010 MD.EHSANUDDIN ANSARI Versus THE UNION OF INDIA THRU. CBI. ----------- 02. 18.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner being a Bank Manager is languishing in jail in a C.B.I. case registered under Sections 120B, 420, 467, 468, 471 of the I.P.C. and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the of the Prevention of Corruption Act. It is alleged in the F.I.R. that one Md. Ansari on fictitious name of M/s R.K. Enterprises got two cattle policies from the Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, Saharsa Branch through its Branch Manager Mr. S.S. Gupta. It is alleged against the petitioner that petitioner being a Branch Manager of Bank of India in whose Bank the alleged firm has account through which the premium of the insurance has been paid. It is submitted that petitioner joined the alleged Dumra Branch of Bank of India on 30.06.1999 and was compulsory retired on 20.03.2004. Hence there is no direct allegation against the petitioner. It is submitted by Mr. Bipin Kumar, learned counsel for the C.B.I. that there is allegation of conspiracy against the petitioner and the charge sheet has been submitted. 2 It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the named accused Raghvendra Jha, the beneficiary of the firm has been granted bail by a Bench of this Court on 11.01.2010 vide Cr. Misc. No. 41351 of 2009. Moreover the petitioner was not initially named in the F.I.R. and is languishing in jail since 06.04.2010. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the petitioner, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, for the purposes of bail only, let the petitioner namely Md. Ehsanuddin Ansari, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) to the satisfaction of Special Judge, C.B.I.(North Bihar), Patna with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Special Case No. 10 of 2005. Shageer (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)