Prabhunath Singh Vs. the State of Bihar

in the high court of judicature at patna criminal miscellaneous no.1761 of 2012 ====================================================== prabhunath singh .... .... petitioner/s versus the state of bihar .... .... opposite party/s ====================================================== coram: honourable mr. justice dinesh kumar singh oral order (per: honourable mr. justice dinesh kumar singh”19. 01-2012 heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the state. the petitioner being the headmaster of the school is apprehending his arrest in connection with dumariyaghat p.s. case no. 60 of 2008 registered under section, 409 and 341 of the indian penal code pending in the court of learned chief judicial magistrate, east champarant at motihari. the informant being the member of the siksha samittee saw the co-accused abdul haque carrying 10 kgs. of rice on the bicycle. petitioner was also accompanying him. it was suspected that the rice was of mid-day meal. it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that only on suspicion the petitioner has been implicated in the case and the thrust of accusation is against abdul haque who has been granted regular bail vide cr. misc. no. 35069 of 2011. i see no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six week. with the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. (dinesh kumar singh, j) amrendra kumar/-