IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12598 of 2010 AMIT KUMAR, son of Krishnandan Singh, resident of village- Ghansurpur, Salimpur, P.S.-Bakhtiyarpur, District-Patna. .. .. .. Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR .. Opp.Party ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Dinesh Choudhary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Amarendra Prasad, Addl.P.P. ------------ 02/ 13-05-2010 A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. Let it be kept on record. Heard the parties. In a criminal prosecution for the offences under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, the petitioner is alleged to have received Rs.14,54,700/-(Rupees fourteen lac fifty four thousand and seven hundred) from the complainant on different dates from 30-10-2004 to 21-05-2006 on the pretext that the complainant shall be provided a job of Merchant Navy. Despite payment of the aforesaid huge amount directly to this petitioner and despite passage of time, neither job was provided to the complainant, nor was the money in question returned by the petitioner. The petitioner is alleged to have cheated the aforesaid huge amount from the complainant and had misappropriated the same. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner denies the whole allegations and claims that, in fact, no amount was paid to the petitioner by the complainant. He also submits that the complainant himself is an accused in some other cases of 2 similar nature and, therefore, he has not come before the Court with clean hands. In that view of the matter, according to him, petitioner is entitled for anticipatory bail. Submissions are apparently misconceived and fit to be rejected. Be that as it may, in view of the serious nature of allegation against the petitioner of criminal misappropriation of huge amount of Rs.14,54,700/-, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. The petitioner must surrender in the court below in connection with Complaint Case No.542 of 2007 within a period of four weeks from today and seek regular bail, if so advised. If such a petition is filed, the same shall be considered and disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order. AH/ ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)