petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. He further submits that the petitioner is the Secretary of the Ward Implementation and Management Committee of Ward No. 15 of Gram Panchayat Raj Kanta Pirochha North, Gaighat, Muzaffarpur and the petitioner is one of the co-signatory of the cheque in question and without completion of work in question, the petitioner and the co-accused have used the money. It is further submitted that in the present case, there is no role of the petitioner and the petitioner and co-signatory have issued the cheque in favour of the contractor and the contractor has not completed the work in question. There is no allegation against the petitioner that he has embezzeled the amount in question rather the allegation against the petitioner is that he and other co-accused persons have failed to complete the work in question. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted the charge sheet against the petitioner. He further submits that similarly situated, co-accused, namely, Imteyaz Ahmad @ Imtiyaz Ahmad @ Md. Imteyaz, who is also the Secretary of the Ward Implementation and Management Committee of Ward No. 17, has been granted privilege of regular bail by this Court vide order dated 16.08.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 44998 of 2023. The petitioner is in custody since