IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32474 of 2008 SHIV KUMAR LAL, son of Late Surya Narayan Lal, Resident of village Rohua, P.S. Warisnagar, District Samastipur Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.31255 of 2008 RAJENDRA PRASAD SHARMA, son of Late Anant Thakur, resident of Mohalla Kashipur, P.S. Samastipur, District Samastipur, Permanent resident of Mission Gali Kanke Road, P.S. Bariatu, District Ranchi (Jharkhand) Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.32512 of 2008 ARUNANAND JHA, son of Late Jaganath Jha, resident of village Chataria, P.S. Darbhanga Sadar, District Darbhanga Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 08/ 17.3.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code in connection with withdrawal of Rs. One lac and odd. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the present case was registered against unknown on 17.5.2000, but they are being sought to be prosecuted in the instant case only in the year 2008, as warrant of arrest against petitioner Shiv Kumar Lal and Arunanand Jha was issued on 9.4.2008. Even petitioner Rajendra Prasad Sharma was sought to be prosecuted in the year 2008. It is also submitted that Shiv Kumar Lal is the employee of the bank and Arunanand Jha and Rajendra Prasad Sharma are the employees of the treasury. Considering the fact that First Information Report was 2 lodged against unknown, that too in the year 2000 and warrant of arrest was issued against the petitioners in the year 2008, they (Shiv Kumar Lal, Rajendra Prasad Sharma and Arunanand Jha) are directed to surrender in the court below on or before 30.3.2009 and thereafter be admitted to the privilege of bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rs. Five thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Samastipur (Town) P.S. Case No. 226 of 2000, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Arjun/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)