IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11666 of 2011 VINOD KUMAR SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 27.04.2011 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 109, 120B of the I.P.C. Section 13(I) (d) (II) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 135 and 138 of the Electricity Act. The accusation is of illegal consumption of electricity by tampering the meter by the owner and the tenant in the shop of Imam Shopping Centre. The accusation against this petitioner is that being Assistant Engineer in the Electricity Board he was in league with the consumers making illegal consumption of the electricity. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner reported about the illegal consumption and when the show cause was asked by the vigilance, petitioner submitted his show cause. Moreover for the theft of electricity, vigilance is not empowered to lodge the case which is a well settled law. Learned counsel for the vigilance submits that officials of the Electricity Board are equally responsible for illegal electricity consumption. Considering the fact that the thrust of accusation 2 is against the consumers, let the petitioner namely Vinod Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Special Judge, Vigilance, 1st, Patna in connection with Special Case No. 43 of 2006 arising out of Vigilance P.S. Case No. 49 of 2006. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)