Khushbu Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31431 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-417 Year-2020 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== KHUSHBU KUMARI Daughter of Janardan Sharma Resident of VillageAure, P.S.- Ramgarh Chowk, District- Lakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 09-03-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation against the petitioner is of misappropriating the government money.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that in certificate proceedings, he deposited certificate amount, amounting to Rs. 14,744/- in the Government Account of the informant D.P.O. (Estab) Education Department, Lakhisarai and, as such, the allegation made against the petitioner falls on the ground. The aforesaid

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31431 of 2021(3) dt.09-03-2022 2/2 certificate report has also been forwarded to the Officer-inCharge, Town P.S. Lakhisarai as contained in Annexure-3 to the supplementary affidavit. He further submits that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6731 of 2021 and Cr. Misc. No. 7620 of 2021 respectively. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named in the event of his 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 417 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

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