Neelam Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10729 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-181 Year-2025 Thana- RASULPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Neelam Kumari W/O Kishwanath Singh, D//O MAHESH PRASAD SINGH R/O VILLAGE- Nawada, P.S. - Rasulpur, DISTRICT- Saran ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar PATNA 2.

The Vigilance Investigation Bureau PATNA ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Navin Kumar Pandey, APP For the Vigilance :

Mr.Arbind Kumar, Advocate Mr.Paritosh Parimal, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The accused-petitioner, named in the F.I.R., is apprehending her arrest in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 181 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is to obtain job of government teacher on the basis of forged documents.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that presuming the certificates of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10729 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 petitioner is correct, she could not avail the benefit of amnesty scheme as approved by the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court. It is submitted that petitioner was not given any opportunity of hearing before lodging the present FIR and, if it was so, then certainly this FIR could not be lodged against the petitioner. It is submitted that petitioner is a lady of clean antecedent and till date no departmental proceeding was initiated against her.

5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the vigilance, while opposing the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioner, submitted that upon verification the document deposited by the petitioner found forged, however, it is conceded that no opportunity of hearing was given to petitioner prior to lodging the present FIR by department.

6. In view of the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of nature of overall accusation against the petitioner, who is a lady of clean antecedent, above-named petitioner, in the event of her arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10729 of 2026(2) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VI, Saran at Chapra/concerned court in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 181 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (in short "B.N.S.S."). (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Rajeev/- U T