IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15974 of 2011 1. Kaushalya Devi, wife of Sh. Dhrub Narayan Chaudhary. 2. Punam Singh, wife of Dr. Ashok Kumar Lal. Both residents of Chaudhary Compound, Rambagh, Police Station- Mithanpura, District- Muzaffarpur………………………………………………………………….…..Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar through Department of Special Vigilance Unit………….Opposite Party. with Cr.Misc. No.19081 of 2011 Dr. Ashok Kumar Lal, son of Sh. Dhrub Narayan Chaudhary, resident of Chaudhary Compound, Rambagh, Police Station- Mithanpura, District- Muzaffarpur…………………………………………………………..………….Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar through Department of Special Vigilance Unit…… …Opposite Party. ----------- 4. 28.06.2011. Heard Mr. Rana Pratap Singh learned senior counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Ramakant Sharma, learned senior counsel for the Vigilance Department. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered under Sections 13(2) read with section 13(i)(e) of Prevention of Corruption Act. A D.A. Case was lodged against the husband of petitioner no. 1, namely, Dhrub Narayan Chaudhary, petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 15974 of 2011, who was Director, Raj Bhasha Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. Subsequently, it was found that the property acquired in the name of petitioner no.1, wife of the main accused, by 2 petitioner no.1’s mother, son and daughter- in-law from earning of the husband of petitioner no.1. The disproportionate assets calculated by the Vigilance Department with regard to petitioner no.1 is to the tune of Rs. 52,06751.22 whereas with regard to petitioner no.2, Punam Singh it has been calculated to the tune of Rs. 5,29,531/- and so far as Dr. Ashok Kumar Lal petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 19081 of 2011 is concerned it has been calculated to the tune of Rs.18,06,529.55/-. It is submitted by learned senior counsel for the petitioners that all the petitioners have their independent sources of income and they used to file their separate income tax returns which have been duly verified by the competent authority and initially in the First Information Report they were not named but subsequently during investigation they have been made accused and calculation of movable and immovable assets have not been properly done keeping in view of their respective income tax returns. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the F.I.R. named 3 accused, Dhrub Narayan Choudhary, let the petitioners, Kaushalya Devi, Punam Singh and Dr. Ashok Kumar Lal, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Special Case No. 17 of 2008 arising out of Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) Case No. 02 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Special Court No. II, Vigilance, Patna, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bonds of the petitioners will be provisionally accepted in view of an undertaking given by senior counsel for the petitioners that the main accused Dhrub Narayan Chaudhary will surrender within a period of six weeks hence on his surrender the bail bonds of the petitioners will be finally accepted. U. K. ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)