IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35734 of 2011 Sadan Kumar Rai Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- with Criminal Miscellaneous No.35877 of 2011 Manju Kumari Sah Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2 11-11-2011 Both the above-said Cr. Misc. Cases arise out of the same case i.e. Balrampur P.S. case No. 41 of 2011 registered under sections-418, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 of the Indian Penal Code and accordingly, the above-said Cr. Misc. Cases are being heard and disposed of by this common order. Heard learned counsels for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Admittedly, the petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 35734 of 2011 was Mukhiya whereas petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 35877 of 2011 was BDO at the relevant time and allegedly, the petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 35734 of 2011 and one co-accused manipulated the list of beneficiaries of INDIRA AWAS and, subsequently, the aforesaid list was signed by petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 35877 of 2011. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 35734 of 2011 submits that admittedly, none has taken any benefit from the above-said list and, moreover, the aforesaid list was not approved by the District Magistrate, so at best, it is a case of attempt of committing crime. - 2 - Learned counsel appearing in Cr. Misc. No. 35877 of 2011 submits that in course of investigation, the Supervising Authority has opined that the petitioner negligently signed the list in question. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as submission of the parties, let the petitioners, namely, Sadan Kumar Rai (in Cr. Misc. No. 35734 of 2011) and Manju Kumari Sah (Cr. Misc. No. 35877 of 2011) be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Balrampur P.S. case No. 41 of 2011 to the satisfaction of Chief judicial Magistrate, Katihar AKV/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)