Gulshan Kumar @ Gulshan Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34197 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-890 Year-2021 Thana- KAHALGAON District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Gulshan Kumar @ Gulshan Kumar Singh S/o Late Ram Vikash Singh @ Ramvriksh Singh Resident of Village- Khajuribari, Ward no. 11,Police Station- Kurasa Kanta, Distt- Araria, (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kumar Ravish, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-08-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that named officials of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Ltd., in connivance, misappropriated an amount of nearly Rs. 37 lakhs of the Bank, as detailed in the FIR.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner next submits that co-accused Jay Prakash Ram had approached this court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34197 of 2025(3) dt.29-08-2025 2/3 Misc No. 63632 of 2023 and the same was allowed by an order dated 27-2-2024 passed by a learned Co-ordinate Bench. It is further submitted that though petitioner is not involved in the occurrence, but has deposited an amount of Rs. 27,365/- with the Bank without prejudice when allegation against the petitioner is of misappropriating an amount of Rs. 24,480/-. It is next submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 890 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. It is made clear that if the learned trial court comes to a conclusion that the petitioner, after his release, is trying to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34197 of 2025(3) dt.29-08-2025 3/3 delay the framing of charge or after framing of charge is delaying the trial in any manner, in both the conditions, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T