IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.18358 of 2008 Bijendra Rai, son of Moti Rai, resident of village Kanarji, P.S. Gaurichak, district Patna .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite Party **** /5/ 26.11.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioner. 2. No one appears for the State. 3. Petitioner, Bijendra Rai, is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gaurichak P.S. Case No. 86 of 2007, registered for offence under Sections 239, 240 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code. As per the allegation, in the first information report, the petitioner gave one currency note of rupees five hundred denomination to the informant, which was subsequently found to be counterfeit. Supplementary affidavit has been filed to show that only one counterfeit currency note of rupees five hundred denomination was received by the petitioner from some other person to whom he has sold onion and potato. Petitioner is a cultivator and had no knowledge that the currency note received by him is counterfeit. 4. Considering the facts, the prayer for grant of 2 anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner, above named, is allowed. He is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in case of his surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with the aforementioned case to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )