IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6765 of 2011 CHINTA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 25.02.2011 Petitioner being the Sarpanch is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B of the I.P.C. Petitioner is alleged to have violated the directions of the Collector for appointing Ruby Devi in place of Manju Devi as Secretary to the Gram Kutchery. The dispute of such appointment was challenged in C.W.J.C. No. 8871 of 2009 when the Collector was directed to pass appropriate order considering the claim of the parties. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that initially Rubi Devi was appointed then Manju Devi filed the writ petition. Consequently Panchayati Raj Department on 02.03.2009 vide Memo No. 518 directed for employment of Manju Devi then Rubi Devi came before this Court when the Collector was directed to issue appropriate directions but the petitioner could not follow the directions of the Collector in view of the contradictory directions issued earlier by the Panchayati Raj Department. It is further submitted that the latest circular of the Panchayati Raj restricts the termination of the 2 Secretary Gram Kutchery who was appointed prior to 31st of January, 2008. Considering the circumstances in which petitioner could not comply the directions of the Collector, let the petitioner namely Chinta Devi, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 119 of 2010. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)