Patna High CourtCR. MISC./23356/2025bail granted

Gonaur Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-30Mr. Justice Purnendu Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23356 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-260 Year-2022 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR TOWN DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Gonaur Singh S/o Late Vishwnath Singh, R/o Village and Post- Amrakh, P.SManiyari, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raju Kumar, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Lalan Kumar, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-04-2025 Heard Mr. Raju Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Lalan Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 260 of 2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the allegation made in the F.I.R., the petitioner is said to have interpolated the date of birth in the admission register in respect of several students of the school.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was given the charge of Headmaster w.e.f. 27.02.2020 and the incidence is of the period from 2004 to 2012 and he was never posted in the school during the said period. He further submits that at the time of alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23356 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 2/2 occurrence, the In-charge Headmaster was one Pratima Kumari and Prabhat Kumar was teacher during the said period. The petitioner has clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.

6. Having perused the F.I.R., I find that the offence is related to the period from 2004 to 2012 and the petitioner has claimed that he was not posted during the said period, he had joined the school on 27.02.2020 and just because the petitioner is the In charge Headmaster, he has been roped in the present case, I find that the petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on bail.

7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Muzaffarpur in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 260 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

8. The bail application stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U T