Vinod Kumar Gupta @ Binod Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14426 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2025 Thana- CHOUTARWA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Vinod Kumar Gupta @ Binod Kumar S/o Late Dwarika Prasad R/o Ward No 05 Moap Kalan, P.O- Moap Kalan, Khurd, PS- Tarari, Distt- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-03-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 316(5), 318(4) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that on 04.11.2024, Parsauni branch of Central Bank of India was inspected by him where Chunmun Shukla was posted as Branch Manager and during the physical inquiry of cash register and cash amount, an amount of Rs. 1,36,400/- was found short and for the said amount, cheque and withdrawal form of the customers were kept in the cash counter, hence the FIR was
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14426 of 2026(2) dt.31-03-2026 2/3 instituted.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant being Customer Service Assistant in the bank. It is also submitted that there is a general practice in the bank that sometimes due to failure of the link of computer or some other mechanical difficulty, the bank pay the cash to customer by keeping the cheque/withdrawal slip of the customer, the said practice is resorted to only to gain the faith of the customer and to avoid gathering in the bank, moreover, the FIR itself suggests that cheque and withdrawal form of the same amount i.e. Rs. 1,36,400/- were found at the cash counter. It is further submitted that the date of inspection of the bank was 04.11.2024 and the FIR came to be instituted on 12.09.2025 without explaining the delay.
It is further submitted that petitioner has been suspended. It is further submitted that Chunmun Shukla had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5931 of 2026 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 04.02.2026 by a learned Co-ordinate Bench.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14426 of 2026(2) dt.31-03-2026 3/3
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Choutarwa P.S. Case No. 277 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.
7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T