Malti Kumari Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17857 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2025 Thana- ARER District- Madhubani ====================================================== Malti Kumari Jha W/o Indra Kant Jha R/o Village- Balha, P.S.- Arer, District - Madhubani, ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Purushottam Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Brajendra Nath Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 14-05-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and in sum and substance the allegation is that the informant alleges that petitioner was appointed as teacher based on forged certificates. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that before instituting the instant FIR, no opportunity was given to the petitioner to explain her side of the case, it is further submitted that had a show-cause

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17857 of 2026(2) dt.14-05-2026 2/2 been issued to the petitioner to explain her side of the case, perhaps the instant FIR would not have been instituted. It is also submitted that if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to prove her innocence.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her 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 Arer P.S. Case No. 223 of 2025, ubject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T