IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33504 of 2009 CHANCHALA KUMARI, WIFE OF RANJEET PASWAN, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE HASAULI, P.S. BARH, DISTRICT PATNA. ---- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 6.11.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 340 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is the Mukhiya who had reported the matter to the B.D.O. regarding the fact that the Panchayat Secretary has forged the petitioner’s signature on a cheque and withdrawn money. The enquiry was conducted by the District Magistrate. The District Magistrate ordered that the case should be lodged against the Panchayat Secretary. Since the signature belongs to the petitioner, she too has been made accused in this case which according to the counsel for the petitioner is unwarranted in view of the fact that she was informed about forgery to the higher authority. Be that as it may, petitioner Chanchala Kumari is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of her arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Barh P.S. Case No. 338/2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the A.C.J.M., Barh subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)