Pawan Kumar Mandal @ Pawan Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28757 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2026 Thana- BABUBARHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== Pawan Kumar Mandal @ Pawan Mandal Son of Late Jangbahadur Mandal Resident of Village - Math Khudarkhala, Police Station - Babubarhi, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Patna, Bihar. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vindhyachal Singh, Sr.Advocate : Mr.Vipin Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP For the Vigilance : Mr.Arvind Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard Mr. Vindhyachal Singh, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Arvind Kumar, learned counsel for the Vigilance and Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 14.02.2026 in connection with Babubarhi P.S. Case No. 18 of 2026, F.I.R. dated 08.01.2026 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420,467,468,471,120(B) of IPC.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he has continued to serve as a Middle School Mauahi, by submitting a forged documents.

4. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner

2/4 submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent. The allegation as alleged in the FIR is false and fabricated and the petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. It appears that pursuance to the order passed in CWJC No.15459/2014 (PIL), the State Government has filed the present FIR against the petitioner and similarly situated like persons in all over the State of Bihar. As per allegation in the FIR, the certificate of the petitioner was mismatched with the record of the institution. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that after joining the service in question, the authority has sent the certificate of the petitioner to the concerned University/ Institution and the same was found genuine.

Learned senior counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner was working since last 15 years and pursuant to the present FIR the petitioner is behind the bar and apart from the aforesaid, the petitioner has already passed the Elementary Teacher Evaluation Examination which was conducted in the State of Bihar and the petitioner is in custody since 14.02.2026.

5. Learned counsel for the Vigilance and learned APP for the State have opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that other similar cases, the petitioner has come before this Court after resignation from the post in question but

3/4 in the present case the petitioner has not resigned as yet.

6. Considering the aforesaid fact and petitioner has clean antecedent, let the petitioner, above named, be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Babubarhi P.S. Case No. 18 of 2026, with the following conditions:- (I) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his/her absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his/her bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. (II) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(III) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order

4/4 shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Nitesh/- U T