Patna High CourtCR. MISC./40273/2023bail granted

Sanjeev Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2023-08-02Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40273 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-106 Year-2017 Thana- SUPAUL District- Supaul ====================================================== SANJEEV KUMAR Son of Sukhnandan Yadav @ Sukhnandan Resident of village - Ghataha Govindpur (ward no. 9), P.s. - Pratapganj, Distt. - Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-08-2023

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 10 of the Bihar Conduct of Examination Act, 1981.

3. The informant alleges that in place of petitioner one Ajay Kumar sat in the examination on 21.02.2017.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a student.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that the petitioner was completely unaware that someone else was sitting in his place in the examination center

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40273 of 2023(2) dt.02-08-2023 2/2 as the petitioner had not even gone to the examination center for sitting in the examination, it appears that someone took advantage of the fact and sat in the examination.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. 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 Supaul P.S. Case No. 106 of 2017 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T