IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15679 of 2010 AYODHYA MEHTA, S/o Late Tamal Mehta, Resident of Village+ P.O. Bazidpur, Police Station- Vidyapati Nagar, District-Samastipur At present- posted as an Assistant Director in the office of District Social Security Cell, Jamui, District-Jamui. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 21.05.2010 Heard the learned counsels for the parties. The petitioner, Ayodhya Mehta apprehends his arrest in Special Case No. 34/09 arising out of Patna Vigilance P.S. Case No. 88/09 u/s 120(B) of the IPC and section 7/13(2) read with 13(i)(c)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The allegation against the petitioner and the co- accused persons is that they were demanding Rs 500/- from the informant, Tasma Devi who had applied for old age pension and for non-fulfillment of Rs 500/- as bribe, they withheld the papers and harassed her and the matter was delayed. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that in similarly situated case, the co-accused, Shailesh Kumar Sinha and Binod Bihari Jha have already been granted bail. Considering the above facts and circumstances of the case that the co-accused persons whose case is similar to that of this petitioner, have already been granted bail, I direct the petitioner, named abvoe to surrender 2 before the court below within one month from today and on his so surrendering, the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Special Case No. 34/09 arising out of Patna Vigilance P.S. Case No. 88/09 to the satisfaction of Special Judge, Vigilance-II, Patna subject to the conditions as laid down u/S 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. akv/- (Mungeshwar Sahoo,J.)