Full Judgment
1. Rup Chatterjee 2. Jagbandhu Chandra
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The State of Jharkhand CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.N. UPADHYAY -----For the Petitioners : Md. Zaid Ahmad, Advocate For the Opp. Party : A.P.P. ----04 /11.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioners are accused in a case registered under Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 409 & 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code. There is allegation that the petitioner along with other co-accused persons defalcated Rs.6,93,697/- in MNREGA Project. It is submitted that the defalcated money has already been deposited jointly by all the accused persons. The other co-accused namely Rajesh Kishore Narayan and Vinay Kumar, against whom there is similar allegation, have been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court vide A.B.A. No.1900 of 2011 dated 23.06.2011. Another co-accused, namely, Arbind Singh @ Arvind Singh has also been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court vide A.B.A. No.1783 of 2011 dated 14.07.2011. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer for bail. In the facts and circumstances of the case, since entire amount has already been deposited and co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail, above named petitioners are directed to surrender in the Court below within a fortnight and on such surrender or in the event of their arrest they shall be released on bail by the Court below on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad in connection with Nirsa P.S. Case No.91 of 2011
corresponding to G.R. Case No.1461 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(D.N. Upadhyay, J)
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