Nirmala Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14166 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-250 Year-2021 Thana- KATEYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== NIRMALA KUMARI D/o Vikram Thakur, W/o Yogendra Thakur Resident of Village - Dhanauti , Ward No.12, Nagar Panchayat, P.s.- Kataiya, Distt.- Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Ajay Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 20-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code. As per prosecution case, the petitioner secured job of Block Teacher on the strength of forged academic documents. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the marks sheet of the petitioner is defective since very beginning and it shows total marks 522 marks in numerals whereas the marks obtained in words shows it to be 418. Unfortunately, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14166 of 2022(2) dt.20-07-2022 2/2 petitioner had not observed the said deficiency and anomaly earlier but when she came to know of the defect, she filed an application before the concerned Board on 04.12.2014 against which a receipt was issued in her favour. He further submits that now show cause notice was issued to the petitioner to explain her and she has not committed any irregularity intentionally. Learned APP appearing for the State opposed the anticipatory bail.

Considering the aforesaid submissions as well as the fact that petitioner is a lady, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Gopalganj in connection with Kataiya P.S. Case No. 250 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U T