Meera Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27680 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-227 Year-2019 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== MEERA KUMARI W/O Ajit Kumar Resident of Village - Ahirauliya Tola Rajapur Machhar Gonwan, P.S. - Kotwa, District - East Champaran, Presently posted as Panchayat Teacher, Upgraded Primary School, Rajapur Ghurbhariya, Mushar Toli, P.S,- Kotwa, District- East Champaran. ... ... 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.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 26-11-2020 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 227 of 2019, G.R.Case No.6691 of 2019 for offences under Sections 420/34, 467 and 471 of the IPC.

Allegation against the petitioner is that she has procured job as Panchayat Teacher on the basis of forged TET certificates.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. The appointment of the petitioner was made on thorow verification of the certificates which are genuine one. No departmental proceeding has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27680 of 2020(2) dt.26-11-2020 2/2 initiated against the petitioner and without initiating any departmental proceeding and affording opportunity of hearing, the District Education Officer, in most arbitrary manner, has decided to proceed against the petitioner by lodging FIR. Considering the fact that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, the Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner on deposit of cash of Rs.50,000/- (fifty thousand). Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Fifty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the CJM, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 227 of 2019, G.R.Case No.6691 of 2019 subject to deposit of Rs.50,000/- and further subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P. C.

The deposit of cash of Rs.50,000/- shall abide by the final outcome of the present pending criminal case. Grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner shall not be taken as approval of genuineness of her certificates. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) spandey/- U T