Madhuri Kumari @ Dharmshila Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30404 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-16 Year-2020 Thana- DINARA District- Rohtas ====================================================== Madhuri Kumari @ Dharmshila Devi Wife of Anil Ram Resident of VillageBaradih Kala, P.S.- Dinara, District- Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghunandan Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-08-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties through video conferencing.

The petitioner seeks bail in Dinara P.S. Case No. 16 of 2020, registered for the offence under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, this petitioner got appointment on the post of 'Anganbari Sevika' on the basis of impersonation and forged documents. It is further alleged that this petitioner contested election for the post of Sarpanch in the name of Dharmshila Devi and secured employment in the Anganbari in the name of Madhuri Kumari.

It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner is known by two names - one Dharmshila Devi since childhood and in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30404 of 2021(2) dt.21-08-2021 2/3 education certificates, she was named by her parents as Madhuri Kumari, but after the marriage said fact was not known to inlaws members of the petitioner and they recorded her name, as Dharmshila Devi, in the Electoral Roll. It is further submitted that the informant, being woman supervisor, did not verify the certificates of petitioner issued from Bihar School Examination Board and merely, on the basis of alleged statement of Shri Pati Prasad, petitioner's academic certificates were declared forged. Petitioner, who is lady, is in custody since 21.01.2021. Chargesheet has already been submitted.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the bail petition of petitioner is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Dinara P.S. Case No. 16 of 2020, on the following conditions: "(1) Petitioner shall cooperate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court below and shall remain physically present, as directed by the court below, and on her absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30404 of 2021(2) dt.21-08-2021 3/3 bail-bond shall be cancelled by the court below.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail."

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.) anay U T