IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11261 of 2010 RAMAKANT SINHA @ RAMAKANT SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 12.7.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is being the Circle Inspector is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 409, 420, 166 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that the informant gave Rs. 45,000/- to the petitioner for settlement of 8 acres of land in his favour since the petitioner was a Halka Karamchari at Simri Bakhtiyarpur between 1995 to 2005. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in 2005, the petitioner was promoted from Halka Karamchari to Circle Inspector and was transferred to Anchal Marouna in the District of Supaul. Thereafter the present complaint has been filed on 8.6.2007 which was ultimately registered as Police Case on 7.11.2008. It is further submitted that no date of payment has been mentioned nor any document has been brought to that effect, whereas in the formal part of the complaint the date of 2 occurrence has been mentioned as 25.1.2005. Hence on the own averments the informant has filed the complaint after more than 2 years. Learned counsel for the State submits that there is allegation of taking bribe. Considering the delayed lodging of the F.I.R. and the nature of the allegation, let the petitioner, namely, Ramakant Sinha @ Ramakant Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 311 of 2008 Anand Kr. ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)