IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14002 of 2011 DAWOOD KHAN @ MD. DAWEED Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 13.05.2011 Petitioner being postmaster is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 409, 420, 120B/34 of the I.P.C. and Section 1(x) of the S.C. & S.T.(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accusation is of misappropriation of Rs. 17,86,139/- of MANREGA and NAREGA schemes by the Panchayat representatives and other accused persons by not doing the work and payments on the basis of fake bills. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has nothing to do with the execution of the MANREGA and NAREGA schemes and he was authorized to open the account of the beneficiaries on the recommendation of the Mukhiya and Panchayat members and there is no accusation that any amount was not transferred in the respective pass books. It is submitted by learned counsel for the State that the aforesaid contention of the petitioner can only be verified on completion of the investigation. It is also submitted that Junior Engineer has been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 13550 of 2011. 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Daweed Khan @ Md. Daweed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Farbisganj(Simraha) P.S. Case No. 235 of 2010(G.R. No. 1385 of 2010). Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)