IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.27154 of 2009 SANJEEV KUMAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02/ 25.07.2009 Heard Mr. Sumant Singh counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Petitioner has been made accused in a case arising out of Sadar P.S. Case No. 112 of 2009 under Sections 419, 420, 421, 424, 467, 468, 406 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case as set out in the F.I.R. is that informant Anibesh Kumar (Sanni), resident of Muzaffarpur had taken a contract of publication of advertisement from one R.K. Singh @ Ranjan Kumar who is said to be a Project Engineer of I.C.L. (Indian Communication Limited), and advertisement has been published by him for an estimate of Rs. 2,38,000/- (two lacs & thirty eight thousand) payable to the informant. By passage, the dues amount enhanced to the tune of Rs. 4,76,000/- (four lacs & seventy four thousand). It is alleged that after much persuasion the informant could receive only Rs. 1.25 lacs (one lac & twenty five thousand) from the aforesaid dues from R.K. Singh @ Ranjan Kumar, the Project Engineer of I.C.L. and thereafter the accused R.K. Singh refused to make any payment and started making excuses. It is stated that the informant tried to contact the said R. K. Singh but he found that the company was forged and the 2 office was hardly being opened. The staffs of his office had not been paid their due salary and that a sum of almost one crore & fifty lacs had been collected from various people by the said R.K. Singh for construction of tower. On the basis of the statement made by the informant, F.I.R. was instituted against three persons, namely, R.K. Singh @ Ranjan Kumar, his wife Khusbu and his mother-in- law. The petitioner Sanjeev Kumar happens to be the brother of accused R.K. Singh. It is stated that neither the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. nor any allegation has been set out against him. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in no manner connected with affairs of the business of accused R.K. Singh @ Ranjan Kumar and his name has cropped up by reason of statement made by R.K. Singh before the Police. The petitioner is said to be in custody since 18.5.2009. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner Sanjeev Kumar be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Sadar P.S. Case No. 112 of 2009. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)