IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.32203 of 2011
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1. Ramjan Ali S/O Late Mofil, resident of village- Naya Tola,
(Bahadurpur), P.S. Manihari, District- Katihar.
2. Aklim Ansari, S/O Faryed Hussain, resident of village- Manmon, P.S.-
Barsoi, District- Katihar.
…. …. Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar
…. …. Opposite Parties
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2 24-10-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned
counsel for the informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor
for the State.
Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with
Manihari P.S. Case No.- 21 of 2011 for the offences punishable
under Sections 406, 409, 420 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code
pending in the court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Katihar.
The allegation against both the petitioners are that
they forged and fabricated documents and have misappropriated
about Rs. 3,97,000/- which was sought to be distributed under the
Diesel Subsidy Scheme of the Government due to draught.
Petitioner no. 1 is supposed to be the Mukhia and Petitioner no. 2
is Panchayat Sachiv.
Learned counsel for the informant has obtained
certain information under Right to Information Act, which shows
that all kinds of name have been inserted in the list of beneficiaries
which include the name of the father of Petitioner no. 1 and none
have paid a penny. Obviously there has been creation of evidence
to misappropriate Government funds.
In view of the above and seriousness of the allegation
let, the petitioners surrender or move for regular bail before court
below. On this count the Court below shall consider the regular
bail application on its own merit.
In view of the above, the prayer for anticipatory bail
of the petitioners is rejected.
(Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)
Bhardwaj/-