Suman Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31064 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2023 Thana- KHAIRA District- Jamui ====================================================== Suman Kumari W/o Pankaj Kumar R/o Vill.- Alinagar, P.S.- Suryagarha, Distt.- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar.

2.

State Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr. Anjani Pd. Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No.02 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is of getting her appointment to the post of Panchayat Teacher on the forged and fabricated Matriculation and Intermediate certificates.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was duly appointed as a Panchayat Teacher long back in the year 2014 and at the time of verification, no objection was ever raised with respect to the genuineness of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31064 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 2/3 the certificates. Later on, pursuant to the order of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.15459 of 2014 (P.I.L.), an enquiry was conducted at the level of State Vigilance Investigation Bureau, wherein genuineness of the certificates of all the newly appointed teachers in Bihar were examined and, in the said process, the certificates of the petitioner found to be forged and fabricated, which led to termination from her service. Since the petitioner has already been terminated from her service; thus, she has already suffered for her fault, is the contention of the learned Advocate for the petitioner. That apart, the petitioner is a lady having fair antecedent and she undertakes that she will cooperate in the proceeding of the Court.

5. Learned Advocate for the Vigilance Investigation Bureau vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the allegation is quite serious in nature, as the Matriculation and Intermediate certificates furnished by the petitioner were found to be forged. On the basis of forged certificates, the petitioner fraudulently got her appointment; thereby defalcated public coffers by withdrewing salary.

6. Having considered the submissions set forth by the learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that now the petitioner has already been terminated from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31064 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 3/3 her service, besides the fact that she is a lady having fair antecedent and her undertaking, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Jamui in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No.02 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner.

(Harish Kumar, J) rohit/- U T