IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22736 of 2011 Surendra Jha son of late Brahmdeo Jha, Branch Manager, The Vaishali District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Desari, at present resident of village- Chamaraha, P.S.-Mahnar, District- Vaishali Versus The State of Bihar ----------- 2. 15.7.2011. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under sections 409, 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471/34 of the Indian Penal Code. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that one Sami Haider, President of Primary Agriculture Co-operative Societies (PACS) prepared a list of beneficiaries by endorsing forged certificate, some of the beneficiaries were even dead or not members of the concerned PACS. It is alleged that the petitioner being Branch Manager of PACS together with co-accused, Sami Haider, and Birendra Prasad Singh, Manager of BISCOMAUN Depot misappropriated money to the tune of Rs.5,83,000/- in conspiracy with each other. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that co- accused, Sami Haider, has been granted anticipatory bail on 7.12.2010 in Cr. Misc. No.6196 of 2010 and another co-accused, Birendra Prasad Singh @ Birendra Singh has been granted bail on 20.5.2010 in Cr. Misc. No. 8192 of 2010 by different Benches of this court. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the case of the petitioner stands on identical footing to that of the aforesaid two 2 accused persons. Learned counsel for the State could not point out any distinction between the case of the petitioner and the co-accused, who have already been allowed privilege of bail under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, namely, Surendra Jha in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Desari P.S.Case No.125 of 1993. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)