Ranjit Kumar v. The Vigilance Department Investigation Bureau, Govt. Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14351 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-430 Year-2022 Thana- BELHAR District- Banka ====================================================== RANJIT KUMAR S/O SURENDRA PRASAD YADAV R/v- Nagel, P.O.- Bishanpur, P.S.- Belhar, District- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

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The Vigilance Department Investigation Bureau, Govt. of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Narendra Kumar Singh, Adv.

Mr.Atul Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arvind Kumar, Adv. (Vigilance) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Vigilance.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of IPC. Allegation against the petitioner is that he got appointment to the post of Primary Teacher on the basis of forged educational certificate.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner has never produced any forged certificate and later on, he resigned from the service. In this regard, the resignation letter is enclosed in the supplementary affidavit.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14351 of 2023(3) dt.22-06-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the Vigilance opposed the prayer for bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since the petitioner has resigned from the service, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Belhar P.S. Case No.430/2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T