IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12042 of 2011 MANJU DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 03.05.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 467, 468, 420, 419 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is that the informant being the headmaster and one Tapeshwar Thakur being the Secretary of the Siksha Samitee were authorized to operate the school account, they withdrew Rs. 50,000/- on 24.12.2008 when the cheque book was handed over to the informant by this petitioner being the president of Siksha Samitee when two cheque were found missing, subsequently, on 18.04.2009 Rs. 2,50,000/- was withdrawn. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the account was to be operated by joint signature of the Headmaster and Secretary then there was no question of withdrawing the money by any person particularly on 18.02.2009 when the cheque was received by the informant prior to 24.12.2008 when the money was withdrawn by the informant. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the informant that the husband of the petitioner made the forged signature of the authorized account operators. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the money was withdrawn on 18.04.2009 when the present case has been lodged on 11.09.2009. The own admission of the informant in the First Information Report makes the accusation suspicious. Considering the fact that the petitioner is a lady and the accusation appears to be contradictory let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur, Patna in connection with Paliganj P.S. Case No. 208/2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)