IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6741 of 2010 HARI NANDAN MANDAL Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 16.4.2010 Heard the parties. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Raj Nagar P.S. Case No. 113 of 2009 dated 16.5.2009 registered under sections 467, 468, 471, 406, 409, 420 of the Indian Penal Code. According to the prosecution case, petitioner was executing agent with respect to twelve sanctioned schemes for total sanctioned amount of Rs. 7,58,247/- . The petitioner and other accused persons are alleged to have defalcated Rs. 3, 50,000/- . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the informant has himself given a further inspection note in paragraph 10 of the case diary where he has not supported the entire prosecution case. He has also denied the allegation against the petitioner and submits that due to passage of time the earth work completed by the petitioner might have washed away. Learned counsel for the State has strongly opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and pointed out that petitioner is specifically named in the F.I.R as an accused and he being executing agent with respect to 12 sanctioned schemes primal role for committing the crime in question has been attributed to this petitioner. It was further submitted that in different paragraphs of the case diary witnesses have supported the allegation against the petitioner. In the aforesaid back ground, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner is rejected. Petitioner must - 2 - surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and, if so advised, seek regular bail. If such a petition is filed, then the same may be disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order. (Birendra Prasad Verma, J) M.Rahman