Sangeeta Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22630 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2025 Thana- PAUTHU District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Sangeeta Devi Wife of Vijay Yadav R/O Vill- Birua, P.S.- Pauthu, DistrictAurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Aman Vishal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Murli Dhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 01-05-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Pauthu P.S. Case No. 05/2025 registered on 15.01.2025 for the offenses punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution, the petitioner, being the Sarpanch, along with one co-accused, is alleged to have embezzled government funds.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the concerned beneficiaries have already received the money in question. The petitioner has a clean antecedent.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22630 of 2025(2) dt.01-05-2025 2/2

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail and submits that, as mentioned in the rejection order, the petitioner failed to produce the certified copy of the original register before the Trial Court. The petitioner has also failed to produce the same before this Hon'ble Court.

6. In this background, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioner in connection with Pauthu P.S. Case No. 05/2025, pending before the learned Additional Chief Judicial MagistrateI, Aurangabad, is hereby rejected.

7. However, it is directed that the petitioner shall surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today. In the event the petitioner surrenders within this period and produces the certified copy of the original register, as indicated in the rejection order of the Trial Court, the Trial Court shall pass an order on his surrender-cum-bail application on the same day, after perusing the said document, without being prejudiced by the fact that the petitioner's anticipatory bail has been rejected by this Court.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T