Binod Kumar Sah v. The State of Bihar
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Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4503 of 2025, decided 24-02-2025 by Honourable Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh. Anticipatory bail application by Binod Kumar Sah (truck owner, Gulabbagh, Purnea) against The State of Bihar in Purnea Sadar P.S. Case No. 14 of 2015 concerning alleged misappropriation of 9180 of 9720 bags of rice from Bihar State Food Corporation/Shishwani godown (offences under Sections 406, 407, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act). Petitioner not named in F.I.R.; implicated during investigation through ownership of trucks WB73A4181 and UP25Q9091, statedly leased to co-accused Lal Babu Jaiswal since 18.12.2014, who obtained anticipatory bail on 15.10.2015 in Cr. Misc. No. 16341 of 2015. Prayer allowed on grounds of nature of accusation and clean antecedents; bail-bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties to C.J.M., Purnea, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC, arrest/surrender within eight weeks. Keywords: anticipatory bail, Section 438 CrPC, rice defalcation, Bihar State Food Corporation, truck owner, lease agreement, parity with co-accused.