IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.1732 of 2009 BHUWNESHWAR TANTI, son of Late Bajrangi Tanti, resident of village- Daulatpur, Jamalpur, P.S.- Jamalpur, District- Munger ----- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----- Opposite Party ----------- 2 20.3.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under Sections 406/420 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation is that the petitioner is said to have demanded a sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- for the purpose of getting the complainant’s son a job in the Health Department. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits on the basis of annexure-2 to the supplementary affidavit that Rajeev Ranjan Kumar is already employed in the Health Department and as such the allegations appear prima facie false. In any event paying any illegal gratification is equally an offence as to demanding the illegal gratification. In the facts aforesaid, petitioner 2 Bhuwneshwar Tanti is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 20 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)