Ranjana Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34157 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2018 Thana- PANDARAK District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjana Devi Wife of Sri Shiv Shankar Singh, Resident of Village - Darbey, P.S. - Bhadaur, District - Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate Mr.Purushottam Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 09-06-2026 Mentioning of petitioner was accepted as petitioner is a lady.

2. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.

3. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending her arrest in connection with Pandarak P.S. Case No. 14 of 2018 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409, 420/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. The allegation against the petitioner is to misappropriate the Government money of different projects, which is the part of the F.I.R. in connivance with Junior Engineer.

5. It is submitted by Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that the active involvement regarding payment and monitoring of project was the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34157 of 2026(2) dt.09-06-2026 2/2 responsibilities of Panchayat Secretary. It is submitted that being Mukhiya of the Panchayat, the duty of the petitioner is only to sanction/approve the project. It is submitted that merely on the basis of suspicion, as petitioner is the Mukhiya of the DarbeyBhadaur Gram Panchayat, she was implicated without any cogent material. Petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

6. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.

7. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as petitioner is a lady of clean antecedent accordingly, above named petitioner, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court, within a period of four weeks of the order, is directed to be released on bail furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Barh/concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Pandarak P.S. Case No. 14 of 2018 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) veena/- U T