IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.45462 of 2008 1. RAJESHWAR PRASAD SAH @ RAJESHWAR PRASAD 2. Subhash Kumar Gupta ………………………….. Petitioners Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 27.11.2008 Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the State. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a Police case under Sections 379 of the Penal Code and Sections 39 and 40 of the Indian Electricity Act. The submission is that even as per allegations the petitioners were bona fide consumers when their line was disconnected in a dispute. In the facts and circumstances of the case, if the petitioners, above named, deposit legitimate dues of arrears of their electricity bills and 50 % of the loss alleged to have been caused to the Board as stated in the FIR before the Assistant Electrical Engineer, Samastipur (Rural) and surrender in the court below along with proof of such deposit within a period of six weeks from today, the court below shall proceed to enlarge them on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of CJM Samastipur in Samastipur Town (Moffasil) PS Case No. 521 of 2007, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The amount deposited by the petitioners with regard to the loss alleged in the FIR shall be invested by the Board in a government interest earning security to be abide by result of the case. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)