IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73924 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-51 Year-2023 Thana- KORMA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar Singh S/O Late Ram Sawroop Prasad Resident of Village- Lodipur, P.S.-Mehus, District-Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sushil Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 06-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Korma P.S. Case No. 51/2023 dated 13.03.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 409 and 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons in connivance with one another are alleged to have defalcated Government money of Rs. 4,25,000/- of Nal Jal Yojana. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73924 of 2024(5) dt.06-05-2025 2/3 possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is neither the Junior Engineer, Panchayat Secretary, Mukhiya, Ward Member or Ward Sachiv. The petitioner is technical assistant in the said block. Learned counsel has submitted that Rubi Ranjana Kumari, who happened to be the Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat has been granted anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this court vide order dated 25.09.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 57615/2023 and she has given an undertaking before this court that she will deposit the entire defalcated amount and in view of the aforesaid, the Mukhiya has deposited all the defalcated amount before the competent authority. The petitioner has two antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 04.09.2024. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above- named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Sheikhpura connection with Korma P.S. Case No. 51/2023, with the condition ;- Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73924 of 2024(5) dt.06-05-2025 3/3 (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled. 7. The application stands allowed. atul/- (Chandra Prakash Singh, J) U T