Tarun Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36373 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2026 Thana- PARASBIGHA District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Tarun Kumar Verma Son of Krishna Murari Singh Resident of Village- Yoga Bigha, P.S.- Parash Bigha, District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ranjay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 03-06-2026 The Court proceeding is being conducted through virtual mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

3. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Parash Bigha P.S. Case No. 25/2026 lodged on 14.01.2026, for the offences punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner has been made an accused in the present case on the allegation that he secured employment on the basis of a forged and fabricated matriculation certificate.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36373 of 2026(2) dt.03-06-2026 2/3 submitted that the petitioner has been in service for the last 22 years. Learned counsel further submits that in the year 2022, the educational certificates of the petitioner were verified and the Bihar School Examination Board reported that the matriculation marksheet of the petitioner was genuine. However, subsequently, in the year 2025, the same Board submitted a contrary report stating that the marksheet was not genuine, on the basis of which the present FIR came to be instituted. It is further submitted that the petitioner has neither been removed from service nor subjected to any departmental action and is still continuing in service. The antecedent of the petitioner is stated to be clean.

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail. However, he fairly submits that earlier the matriculation certificate of the petitioner had been verified and found genuine by the Bihar School Examination Board, but subsequently, in the year 2025, a report was furnished by the Board stating that the certificate was not genuine, which formed the basis for lodging the present FIR against the petitioner.

7. Considering the fact that the Bihar School Examination Board had initially submitted a report declaring the matriculation certificate of the petitioner to be genuine, but

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36373 of 2026(2) dt.03-06-2026 3/3 subsequently submitted another report stating that the letter on the basis of which such verification had been made was itself a forged and fabricated document, and considering the other facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the Learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Jehanabad in connection with Parash Bigha P.S. Case No. 25/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/Manshi U T