Mangal Pandey v. The Central Bureau Of Investigation

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7722 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2014 Thana- C.B.I CASE District- Patna ====================================================== Mangal Pandey S/O Abdesh Pandey @ Awadhesh Pandey R/O Village - Bahdo, P.S- Amnour, Dist- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Central Bureau of Investigation Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-07-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Central Bureau of Investigation.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 120B, 420, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against this petitioner is that he obtained appointment on the post of "Dak Sevak" on the basis of forged documents.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner was appointed on the post of Gramin Dak Sevak after full verification of all his documents and certificates by the concerned department, but later on, same have been declared as forged and fabricated without proper

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7722 of 2025(4) dt.08-07-2025 2/2 verification or giving any notice to the petitioner. It is further submitted that petitioner has already been terminated from his services. 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 nature of accusation, fact that petitioner has already been terminated from the services 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 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 Special Judge, C.B.I., Muzaffarpur in connection with RC 02320 14A0008 dated 23.05.2014, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Neha/- U T