IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10527 of 2011 LADDU SHARMA SON OF LATE BACHCHI SHARMA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 21.04.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the Panchayat Secretary is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 406, 409 and 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The accusation is of misappropriating the public money, sanctioned for the flood victims. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that since he was ill, he did not participate in the distribution of the money. Moreover, he has deposited the alleged money to the tune of Rs. 58,000/- in the concerned office. It is further submitted that the other accused person namely Manoj Thakur has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. The order sheet, by which Manoj Thakur was granted bail, reflects that the money was to be distributed by this petitioner and not by Mukhiya. Let the petitioner deposit Rs. 25,000/- before 2 the learned court below which will be invested in some fix deposit scheme, which will be subject to the result of the case. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 07/2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)