IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.44433 of 2008 MAHANAND RAI,son of late Jialal Rai,resident of village- Chatursi, P.S.-Siwaipatti, District-Muzaffarpur. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03/ 28-04-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. It is a case of withdrawal of cash from the Bank for illegal purposes. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is the Mukhiya of the Panchayat. Withdrawal, if any, was done with forged signature of this petitioner. In the case diary several steps have been taken for verification of the signature save and except comparing the original after obtaining with its disputed. It is slackness on the part of the Investigating Agency but once a claim is made about forged signature of the petitioner, no liability can be fixed upon him. Investigating Officer of the case gets the signature compared or not that is his obligation, which can be looked into at the stage of submission of the charge sheet. Till then prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for anticipatory bail is allowed. In case of arrest or surrender within one month from today in Siwaipatti P.S.Case No.87/2007, the above named petitioner shall be released on bail till submission of the charge sheet on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under sub-section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. AH/ ( Mandhata Singh, J. )