Ravi Shankar Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22500 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-281 Year-2015 Thana- GHOSI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD Son of Rajendra Prasad Resident of villageDariyapur, Kadam Kuan, P.S.-Kadam Kuan, District-Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Surendra Kumar Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-05-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode.

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

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Ghosi P.S. Case No. 281 of 2015 dated 10.10.2015 registered for the offences punishable u/s 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the coaccused persons are alleged to have obtained employment as Niyojeet teacher in various schools on the basis of forged and fabricated mark sheets of Teacher Eligibility Test granted by Bihar School Examination Board, Patna whereas one Gyanti Devi resigned from her post under

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22500 of 2023(2) dt.23-05-2023 2/2 direction of the Hon'ble High Court, Patna but the petitioner along with other co-accused persons, did not resigned from their post despite amnesty given by the Hon'ble High Court, Patna.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no knowledge that his BETET result was forged. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 17.01.2023.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Jehanabad in connection with Ghosi P.S. Case No. 281 of 2015.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T