AB 2168/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. MERUNO Heard Mr. R. Dey, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B .S. Sinha, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam. The petitioner, apprehending arrest in connection with Raha P.S. Case No. 81/11 registered u/s 420/409 IPC, has approached this Court u/s 438 CrPC praying to be released on pre-arrest bail. The learned P.P. has produced the CD of the case. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the petitioner was elected as the P resident of the Rantholi Gaon Panchayat, Raha in the year 2008 and has been work ing in the said Gaon Panchayat. The petitioner being the President of the Rantho li Gaon Panchayat assists the villagers whenever they want her services and in o ne such occasion when the benefiaciary Sri Satyananda Senapati of village Gandhi bori Rantholi Gaon Panchayat had asked for her assistance in purchasing certain building materials which were granted under the scheme for construction of his h ouse, she assisted the said beneficiary. However on the basis of an inspection c arried out by some officials, the FIR was filed on 2.6.11 implicating the petit ioner. From the CD produced by the learned Addl. P.P., it is apparent that no clear in gredients of any misappropriation of fund is appearing except some irregulariti es committed in the discharge of her duties in assisting the beneficiary in maki ng purchases for construction of house. Considering the overall facts stated by the learned counsel and also appearing i n the CD, this Court is of the considered view that the petitioner be granted th e privilege of pre-arrest bail. It is further directed that in the event of arre st of the petitioner Smti Manju Konwar in connection with the aforenoted case, s he shall be released on bail on such terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the arresting authority. With the above direction, this bail application stands disposed and allowed.