IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7387 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-916 Year-2025 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura ====================================================== Manoranjan Kumar S/o- Raj Kishor Yadav Resident of village- Dubiyahi Ward No 8 PO- Mathahi PS- Madhepura Dist- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Bihar State Food Corporation through its General Manager, Bihar 3. Jay Shankar Prasad S/o- Late Kripa Shankar Prasad R/v- W.No- 19, Ambedkar Road Ps- Nawgachhiya Dist- Bhagalpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rupesh Kumar Mrs. Laxmi Kumari For the State : Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha For BSFC Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh Mr. Utkarsh Utpal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the B.S.F.C. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. Allegation against the petitioner, who is the chairman of Mathai PACS, is that he purchased a total 3844.00 Qutls. Paddy from the farmer in the year 2024-25 and only 2320 Qutls of CMR was supplied to the Bihar State Food Corporation and the rest 466.30 Qutls. of paddy worth Rs. 10,84147.50 was misappropriated by black marketing. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7387 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/3 petitioner is the chairman of the PACS and has not committed any criminal act and the matter relates prior to he being the chairman of the said PACS. However, it would appear that the last day for payment was 14.09.2025 as would be evident from Annexure-P/3 and Annexure-P/2 series would go show that there is No Dues Certificate in favour of Mathai PACS as against paddy procurement in the financial year 2024-25. As such, it has been submitted that no offence of criminal misappropriation would be made out against the present petitioner. 5. Learned counsel for the B.S.F.C. submits that the submission of payment of the said amount should be subjected to verification by the informant who is the District Co-perative Extension Officer, Madhepura. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the document relating to No Dues Certificate issued in favour of mathai pacs coupled with the fact that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7387 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with madhepura p.s. Case No. 916 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 7. However, if any suspicion is raised with regard to the document dated 22.10.2025, which is no dues certificate, by the informant, who is the District Cooperative Officer, Madhepura, he would be at liberty to file an application for cancellation of bail. devendra/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T