CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Yogapatti P.S. Case No. 343 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316 (2), 318(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. Based upon the written report filed by one Santosh Kumar, Assistant of Rural Housing in Barwa Ojha Panchayat, an enquiry was conducted by the Director of Accounts Administration & Planning, District Rural Development Agency, Bettiah, West Champaran with regard to the complaint of providing P.M. Awas Yojna, in which it is found that the petitioner has extracted about Rupees 1.5 lakhs and deposited the same on the PhonePe of co-accused Vijay Kumar Kushwaha.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that prior to the institution of the FIR, the petitioner himself had made a complaint against Assistant of Rural Housing, namely, Santosh Kumar that he had realized money from the villagers illegally in the name of providing P.M. Awas , but by one reason or other, he is not providing the same. In fact,