IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29259 of 2011 Pankaj Kumar Sinha @ Pankaj Kumar, Son of Surendra Kumar Sinha, resident of Mohalla Takiya Toli, Behind Guru Govind Singh Hospital, P.S. Khanjekala, District Patna. -------Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar. 2.Ajay Thakur @ Jai Thakur, Son of Sri Jagdish Prasad, Proprietor, Ajay Engineering Works, R/o Mohalla Tikiyatoli, Back of Guru Govind Singh Hospital, P.S. Khanje Kalan, District Patna. -----Opposite Party ----------------- 03/- 21/11/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for opposite party no. 2 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 406, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of N.I. Act, is one of the named accused in this complaint case with allegation of issuing cheques in favour of the complainant to meet some earlier dues. Submission is that this case has been instituted just in retaliation of earlier filed Complaint Case No. 582 of 2009 by the petitioner against the complainant asserting two unsigned cheques being stolen and now one of them is being utilized by the complainant to lodge the instant case. It is evident that the relevant cheque was bounced only on the ground of insufficiency of fund of an unsigned cheque of being stolen, comes under great doubt, but simultaneously, disentitling the petitioner for the privilege sought. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail of the above named petitioner in connection with Complaint Case No. 650(C) of 2009, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, is hereby refused. Praveen/- ( Akhilesh Chandra, J.)