Snehlata Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24371 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-598 Year-2023 Thana- RAJGIR District- Nalanda ====================================================== Snehlata Kumari W/o Rajesh Kumar @ Rajendra Prasad Village Sundarpur PS Katarisarai District Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

THE Vigilance Department Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Raj Kishor Prasad, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Ajay Mishra, A.P.P.

For the Vigilance :

Mr. Arvind Kumar, Spl.P.P.

Mr. Anil Singh (Law Officer, Vigilance) Mr. Paritosh Parimal, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-05-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the Vigilance Department.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The petitioner is alleged to have obtained appointment, as Panchayat Teacher, on the basis of forged and fabricated document(s).

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was appointed, as Panchayat Teacher, after investigation of all his education certificates by the concerned department, but later on, same has been declared as forged and fabricated without proper verification or giving any notice to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24371 of 2024(3) dt.16-05-2024 2/2 petitioner. Moreover, petitioner has already subitted her resignation on 05.01.2024 to the concerned Headmaster of the School. Copy of the said letter is annexed as Annexure P/2 to the supplementary affidavit. The Headmaster has already forwarded the resignation letter to the Block Teacher Selection Unit, Rajgit, District Nalanda (Annexure P/3 to the supplementary affidavit). Petitioner has got clean antecedent.

5. Learned counsel for the Vigilance Department vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the fact that petitioner has already tendered her resignation from the service and she has got clean antecedent, let the above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged 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 C.J.M., Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Rajgir P.S. Case No. 598 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T