Prince Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5602 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-235 Year-2025 Thana- Kalibagh District- West Champaran ====================================================== Prince Kumar Pandey S/O Sri Amit Kumar Pandey R/O Village- Bhavanipur, P.S- Yogapatti, Distt.- West Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State :
Md. Mushtaque Alam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2), 316(2), 318(4) and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. As per prosecution case, informant, who happens to be Office Manager at Bajaj Finance, Bettiah Office, alleged that on 17.07.2025, during an internal audit, he came to know that all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, in collusion with each other, sanctioned loan of Rs. 10,00,000/- in the name of different customers by fraudulently forging the documents of the customers and thus, misappropriated the amount.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5602 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 2/3
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. From bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that the entire loan amount which was sanctioned fraudulently was disbursed by the Sales Manager, namely Adarsh Kumar, into the account of his acquaintances, namely Anmol Raj and Chaman Kumar and not a single farthing was either received by this petitioner or transferred into the account of this petitioner and thus, this petitioner has not committed any fraud. It is further submitted that from bare perusal of the impugned order it is apparent that the entire alleged misappropriated money has already been deposited in the account of the company. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5602 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 3/3 petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Kalibagh P.S. Case No. 235 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T