IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.27569 of 2008 PRAMOD KUMAR GUPTA, Son of Late Jagdish Prasad Gupta, Resident of village – Sonail, P.S., Kadwa, District – Katihar, The Branch Manager of S.B.I. Shiva Mandir Chowk Branch, P.S. – Town Katihar, District – Katihar. ….. Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ….. Opp. Party. With Cr.Misc. No.5160 of 2009 SHIV CHARAN KUMAR, Son of Gupteshwar Pd. Yadav, resident of village – Ram Nagar, B.S. College, P.O. and P.S. Katihar, District- Katihar. ….. Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ….. Opp. Party. With Cr.Misc. No.9692 of 2009 RAMANAND JAMADAR, Son of late Ram Prasad Jamdar, resident of Village – Makaipur, P.S. – Korha, District – Katihar, presently posted as Headmaster of Middle School, Madhura under the Block of Korha, District – Katihar. …… Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …… Opp. Party. ----------- 07/ 09.04.2009 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners in the three petitions are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 409 and 120B of the Penal Code. They are named in the FIR and alleged to have misappropriated Rs.73 lakhs, which is said to have been advanced to the FIR named accused by petitioner Pramod Kumar Gupta while serving as Branch Manager of S.B.I., Branch Shiv Mandir Chowk, Katihar. Petitioners Ramanand Jamadar and Shiv Charan Kumar are the two loanees, who assert that they have never applied or got loan and appreciating such submission, one Bimal Kumar Jha was admitted to the privilege of bail in the event of arrest by another Bench of this Court under orders dated - 2 - 18.8.2008 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 29458 of 2008. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners Ramanand Jamadar and Shiv Charan Kumar that their case is also similar to that of Bimal Kumar Jha. Let petitioners above named in the three petitions surrender in the court below within four weeks from today and apply for regular bail which should be considered in accordance with law preferably on the same day in the light of the aforesaid order dated 18.8.2008. Let this order be communicated to the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Katihar (Town) P.S. Case No. 137 of 2008 through fax on payment of usual charges by the petitioners. DKS/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)