IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33172 of 2010 1. SURENDRA MISHRA son of Sri Mahesh Mishra, resident of Kings Road, 56/2, Howrah, West Bengal. 2. Haribansh Narayan Singh, son of Tribhuwan Singh, resident of Dakshinagar Housing Complex-B-1/A, Tedhariya, near Loknath mandir, Kolkatta, West Bengal. …………..Petitioners. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ………….Opposite Party. ------------ 2. 2.11.2010 Heard, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned P.P for the State. Petitioners, Surendra Mishra and Hari Narayan Singh, are apprehending their arrest in connection with Aurangabad (Town) P.S Case No. 287 of 2009 registered under Sections 406, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(X) of the S.C and S.T. Act. Admittedly, petitioners are officials of OPCL Company at the relevant time and it is alleged that the aforesaid Company took deposit from different persons but neither issued any bond nor made any payment to the aforesaid depositors. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioners points out that several cases were lodged against the aforesaid company by former employees of the company and in almost all cases petitioners have already been given 2 the privilege of Anticipatory Bail. He also points out that co- accused namely, Sushil Kumar Pathak, Praveen Kumar Singh and Prahalad Kumar Singh have already granted privilege of Anticipatory Bail by this Court after considering all the pros and cons of the of the instant case. Considering the aforesaid circumstances, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that the petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender within 30 days from the date of communication of the order to the court concerned, be released on bail, in connection with Aurangabad (Town) P.S. Case No. 287 of 2009. On furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10, 000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Prakash (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)