IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.31682 of 2011 Dhrubdeo Prasad son of late Ram Nath Prasad, Resident of village-Mausal Bazar, P.S.-Hussainganj, District- Siwan. Versus The State Of Bihar Through Vigilance ----------- 2. 18.10.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 477A, 409, 109, 201, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(c)(d) of the P.C. Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner at the relevant time was a Typist. He had no role to play in the alleged supply or placement of order of the articles in question. It is also submitted that co-accused Braj Nandan Singh, Sarbjit Prasad Srivastava and Bishwanath Prasad, who are named in the first information report and who are Director of the Tourism Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, Secretary to the Director, Tourism Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna and Typist-cum- Store keeper, Tourism Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna respectively have already been granted anticipatory bail by this court in Cr.Misc. No. 10045 of 2000, Cr.Misc. No. 11111 of 2000 and 13953 of 2001 on 27.7.2000, 27.7.2000 and 20.6.2001. It is also submitted that though the petitioner is named in the first information report, he had no knowledge regarding the case against him as the police never tried to arrest him in a case which was registered in 2000. He 2 submits that for the first time on 31.5.2011 a non-bailable warrant of arrest was issued against the petitioner and only thereafter he could come to know regarding the present case against him. It is also submitted that the petitioner has retired from service on attaining age of superannuation and he has not been proceeded against departmentally. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstance of the case let the petitioner named above, in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, Vigilance-1, Patna in connection with Spl. Case No.3 of 2000 arising out of Vigilance P.S.Case No.1 of 2000 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure on an undertaking that he shall not delay the disposal of trial in any manner and shall physically present as and when required by the court. Md.S. ( Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)