Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30166 of 2011 (2) dt.09-09-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30166 of 2011 ====================================================== Ashok Singh @ Ashok Kumar Singh, S/O Late Siyasharan Singh, R/O Vill- Maghra, P.S.-Deepangar, Distt- Nalana. .... .... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== 2 09-09-2011 Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code. The case was initially registered as a complaint on 29.07.2010. The said complaint was referred to the police for institution of F.I.R. and investigation. The police investigated the case and submitted final report. Differing with the police report the learned Magistrate has taken cognizance of the offence. It is alleged that on the pretext of providing Job as a constable Rs. one lakh was paid by the complainant/informant to the petitioner in two installments. Neither the Job was provided nor the money was refunded. It is stated that there is an inordinate delay of 8 years in instituting the case for which no reasonable explanation has been given in the complaint. Apart from oral allegations there is no document to support the allegation of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30166 of 2011 (2) dt.09-09-2011 complaint/informant. The police on conclusion of investigation found the case to be false. Learned counsel for the State, Mr. Ram Priya Saran Singh has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Taking into consideration the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner, namely, Ashok Singh @ Ashok Kumar Singh in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/communication of the order be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura, in connection with Shekhopura Sarai P.S. Case No. 67 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Bhardwaj/- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)