IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30703 of 2008 ANAND KUMAR, son of Shri Krishna Prasad, r/o Mohalla Gunpur, PS Barbigha, District Sheikhpura Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 15.10.2008 Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the CBI. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a Police case under Sections 420 and other provisions of the Penal Code and Sections 13 (2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act. The allegations are that the petitioners as a proprietor of a firm acted in collusion with certain officials of the Postal Department. Floating a fictitious firm making promises of prizes and other returns he received large sums of money through VPLs and VPMOs by unsuspecting investors the profit of which was shared between the petitioner and the postal staff. Learned Counsel relies upon certain orders of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 13936 of 2008 granting anticipatory bail to similarly situated co-accused in another prosecution with similar allegations. Following the same other persons are stated to have been granted anticipatory bail in Cr. Misc. No. 28568 of 2008 and 28394 of 2008. Learned Counsel for the CBI points out that those who had made the investments as unsuspecting purchasers have also affirmed non-receipt of prizes promised. Co-accused, the official of the postal department, was enlarged on regular bail in Cr. Misc. No. 1102/2008. Chargesheet has been submitted against the petitioner after investigation. The primary order on which reliance has been placed on behalf of the petitioner is in Cr. Misc. No. 13936 of 2008. This Court finds that the submission of chargesheet and the materials recorded during investigation of the unsuspecting purchasers of their having been duped and co-accused having been enlarged on Regular bail was not brought to the attention of the Court. This Court therefore finds it difficult to grant anticipatory bail on the principle of consistency only. This application is rejected. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)