IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11481 of 2011 VIJAY KUMAR SAH SON OF LATE LAXMI SAH Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD ----------- 2. 13.4.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 135, 138 of the Indian Electricity Act. The accusation is of consumption of electricity illegally and the loss has been calculated to the tune of Rs.3,10,000/-. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the loss has been calculated even prior to the installation of the meter. The meter of the petitioner was installed on 27.11.2010, whereas raid was made on 6.1.2011 and if the petitioner was consuming electricity prior to the installation of the meter then on the date of installation this theft ought to have been detected by the informant side. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner deposit Rs.50,000/- before the learned court below within a period of three months, which will be invested in some fixed deposit scheme, which will be subject to the result of the case, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the - 2 - learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today in connection with Kartahan P.S. case No.1 of 2011 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bond of the petitioner will be provisionally accepted, which will be finally accepted on deposit of the aforesaid amount. Narendra/ ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J. )