IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52242 of 2008 RAJENDRA SINGH, S/o Late Sukhdeo Singh @ Rajo Singh, resident of village- Barahi, P.S.- Majorganj, District- Sitamarhi ….. Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ….. Opp. Party ----------- 02 05.02.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is accused in a case under Sections 406,420,409 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is a Loan Officer in the Co-operative Bank. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the role of the Loan Officer is limited to making the payment, he is not the sanctioning authority. After deduction of certain anomaly the petitioner was put under suspension in the year 1989. He was exonerated in the department enquiry (Annexure-3), thereafter the petitioner retired in the year 2001. Learned counsel further submits that in the F.I.R. the petitioner was not made accused, but after 18 years his name transpires in the case diary only because he was the Officer of the Bank and there is absolutely no allegation that he was involved in sanctioning the loan amount. Considering the aforesaid facts, the petitioner, Rajendra Singh in the event of his arrest/surrender in the court below within six weeks from today shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of - 2 - the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 86 of 1990 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. P.K. (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)