IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19789 of 2010 ARUN KUMAR SINGH, Son of late Mahesh Prasad Singh, Resident of village Manika, P.S. Mushahari, District Muzaffarpur …… Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR THRU.VIGILANCE … Opposite Party ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate For the Vigilance : Mr. Arvind Kumar , I/C Special P.P/Vigilance For the State : Mr. Shyam Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ------ 2 17.06.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the Vigilance Department and the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for offences punishable under sections 467, 468, 471, 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1) (D) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It is submitted that the present case for forgery and cheating as well as under certain Sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has been lodged on the basis of a complaint by one Manoj Kumar Pandit, who had unsuccessfully contested election of Mukhiya against one of the co-accused Md. Samiullah. It is also stated that the distribution of flood relief among the flood victim was done after verification by the local - 2 - Mukhia and others. It is also contended that the co- accused Md. Samiullah, who is Mukhia of the concerned Panchayat, has already been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 7.5.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 16711 of 2010 as contained in Annexure 3. Considering the facts and the circumstances of the case the prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed. Let the petitioner, namely, ARUN KUMAR SINGH, in the event of arrest or surrender by him within four weeks, be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Special Vigilance, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Special Case No. 30 of 2009 arising out of Vigilance P.S. Case No. 83 of 2009, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Spd/- (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)