IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17959 of 2010 TAPESHWAR SINGH SON OF LATE HARICHARAN SINGH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SHANKARPUR, P.S. ROSERA, DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR – PETITIONER. Versus STATE OF BIHAR—OPP. PARTY. ----------- 3/ 07-07-2010 Heard the parties. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case instituted for offences under section 467, 468, 471 and 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The present criminal prosecution has been lodged at the direction of District Collector in view of alleged irregularity in the matter of appointment on the post of Siksha Mitra in the Gram Panchayat in question. The petitioner is elected Mukhia of the Gram Panchayat in question. It is submitted that petitioner is not the custodian of records relating to appointment on the post of Siksha Mitra. Furthermore, there was no mens rea to commit any criminal offence. Be that as it may, in view of the fact that the entire prosecution is relating to appointment on the post of Siksha Mitra in that view of the matter in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rosera 2 ( Samastipur ) in connection with Rosera P.S. Case No. 136 of 2009, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. BTiwary ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J)