IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22281 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Udgar Rai, S/O Panchu Rai, R/O Vill-Mahisari, P.S.-Ujiarpur, DisttSamastipur, retired Panchayat Sachiv .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 05-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409 and 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged by the informant being the Panchayat Secretary that on 18.06.2011, the signature of the informant was obtained on the papers handing over the charges but actual charges were not handed over. It is submitted that charges were handed over on 18.06.2011 when an objection was raised six months thereafter on 28.12.2011 when the present case was registered. Considering the fact that as per own admission of the informant he accepted the charges six months prior to lodging of the present case, let