IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.1130 of 2010 MAHENDRA RAM s/o Sri Panchu Ram, resident of village- Ghouseth, P.S. Surya Garha, District- Munger, at present residing at Bhatta Road, Bhikhanpur, P.S. Ishaqchak, District- Bhagalpur. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 24.5.2010 By order dated 5.4.2010, case diary was called for and coercive steps against the petitioner were restricted by this Court. Case diary has been received. The case is listed for disposal. Heard Mr. N.K.Agrawal, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the Vigilance Department. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner was to disburse a Bank Draft of Rs. 50,000/- to the informant with regard to death of his son in natural calamity being the compensation to be paid by the State . It was alleged that compensation of Rs. 50,000/- by draft was payable only to those persons who had earlier received compensation rupees one lac, which admittedly the informant has received. The informant made a complaint that the petitioner had demanded Rs. 20,000/- to release the payment of Rs. 50,000/-. On behalf of the petitioner, it is submitted that in fact, draft had expired its validity period in the year 2008 itself 2 for which the Collector had already returned to the Government for revalidation. The matter was pending revalidation of draft not only of the informant but of several other persons. The allegation of the informant was thus false and baseless, In the case diary this fact that the draft had expired and revalidation sought for is not disputed. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within four weeks , above named petitioner shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Vigilance II,Patna, in Special Case no. 43/09 arising out of Kotwali (Adampur) P.S.Case no.717/09, subject to the conditions, as laid down u/s 438(2) Cr.P.C. singh ( Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)