IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2932 of 2009 RAM PRAKASH SAHNI son of Sita Ram Sahni, resident of village- Rosera, P.S.- Rosera, District- Samastipur Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 03.03.2009 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The offence alleged is under sections 468, 471, 420, 120B of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner, who is the Block Development Officer, is alleged to have assisted the contractor in misappropriating the Government money as he committed negligence in monitoring the work. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the monitoring the execution of the work was in the hands of the Junior Engineer & Executive Engineer and petitioner was not concerned with the monitoring work, and as such, the allegation of committing negligence is vague. It is further submitted that the executing agent was none other than the Junior Engineer of the department as the work was done departmentally. It is further contended that the Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineers have been allowed anticipatory bail by this Court as per the orders contained in Annexures- 5 & 6 to the petition. Considering the facts and circumstances of - 2 - the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai, in connection with Suraj Garha P.S. Case No. 135 of 2005 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. mcverma (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)