IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32080 of 2008 Babuchand Prasad & Ors. Vs The State of Bihar ------------- 2. 08.09.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the state. Petitioner Nos. 1, 2 & 4 are contractors and petitioner No. 3 is store-keeper. Allegation against all of them is that they misappropriated the government money meant for boring 100 hand pumps. Counsel for the petitioners submits that after institution of the case, investigation continued till 2006 and final form dated 30.11.2006 was submitted on 17.01.2007 in the court and the court below took cognizance on the same day i.e. 17.01.2007, though petitioners were not sent up for trial. Considering the facts, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners, namely, Babu Chand Prasad, Kailash Prasad @ Kailash Pandey, Umesh Prasad and Ramanand Prasad is allowed. In the event of their arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, they will be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Ekangar Sarai P.S. Case No. 124/97 to the satisfaction of Sri S.D. Ray, J.M. Ist Class, Hilsa, Nalanda subject to the 2 conditions as laid down u/S 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Petitioners will cooperate with the trial of the case. They will appear in the court below on each and every date. Their absence even for a single day without sufficient reason or without prior permission of the court will result into cancellation of their bail bonds. AKV/ ( Mridula Mishra, J )