IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.53201 of 2007 RAJ KUMAR YADAV @ R.K.YADAV Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 02.5.2008 The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Chapra (Town) P.S. Case No. 232 of 2003 registered under sections 489(B), 467, 468, 420, 120(B), 109/34 I.P.C. and has prayed for anticipatory bail. On arrest of one Manoj Pandey and recovery of two packets each containing two hundred pieces of 100 rupee note, totalling Rs, 20,000/-, all suspected to be counterfeit currency, and upon disclosure made by him of the names of his accomplices and place of operation, the house of one Abhay Kumar was raided and therefrom large number of counterfeit currency, certificates purported to be of different Colleges and Universities, manufacturing apparatuses were recovered and seized and four persons other than the petitioner were arrested and it was they who disclosed the name of the petitioner as one of their associates in the crime. True it is that the name of the petitioner cropped up on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused; but it also appears that while charge sheet has been submitted against the five initially apprehended persons, investigation in respect of the petitioner is going on reportedly upon the - 2 - direction of this Court. In the circumstances, I am unable to compel myself to extend the benefits of section 438 Cr.P.C. to the petitioner. His prayer for anticipatory bail is accordingly rejected. Sanjay/- (Abhijit Sinha, J.)