IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45897 of 2009 BINODA NAND JHA, SON OF MULIDHAR JHA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BAGHAWA, P.S. SIMRI BAKHTIYARPUR, DISTRICT SAHARSA. ---- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH C.B.I. ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 2 26.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case under Sections 120B, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The allegation against the petitioner is that he had taken an Insurance policy for cattle which he had purchased amounting to Rs. 18,000/-. It is said that the Insurance policy was not properly investigated by the surveyor or investigator and it was approved by the Branch Manager on 29.8.2002. The investigation was made and it has come to light that the seller could not be traced and that the cattle of the petitioner died at Baghawa and not at Saharsa. Learned counsel submits that assuming but not accepting that the allegations are correct. It is not in dispute that the cattle of the petitioner died at Baghawa which is within the territorial jurisdiction of Saharsa and as such it cannot be said that he had not purchased the cattle or that the Insurance was wrongly obtained. Considering the aforesaid submissions, petitioner Binodanand Jha is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in 2 connection with Special Case No. 8 of 2006 arising out of R.C. No. 6(A) of 2006 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Special Judge, C.B.I. North, Bihar, Patna subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)