IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36708 of 2009 RAJ NARAYAN SINGH, Son of Suresh Prasad Singh, resident of Village-Salarpur, P.S. Parbatta, District-Khagaria. ---------------- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 21-12-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as also learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a police case under Sections 420,406 of the Penal Code. The allegations state that the petitioner took an advance of Rs. 2 lacs in pursuance of an agreement executed on non-judicial stamp paper. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is willing to deposit the amount in question before the court below without prejudice to his defence and subject to the result of the case. This Court is not persuaded that the present is a fit case to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail. To that extent the application is rejected. If the petitioner appears before the court below along with a sum of Rs.2 lacs. and prays for regular bail, the application may be decided on the day he surrenders - 2 - without being prejudiced by the present order. The deposit made by the petitioner before the court below shall be without prejudice to his defence and shall be invested by the court below in a government interest earning security. Learned counsel for the petitioner assures the Court that he is interested in an early disposal of the trial and shall not be seeking frivolous adjournments. Let this order be communicated to the court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. NKS/- ( Navin Sinha, J)