Amrit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45065 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-632 Year-2023 Thana- KHAGARIA District- Khagaria ====================================================== AMRIT KUMAR S/o- Deepak Kumar Resident of village- Badalpura PsMatihani District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar 2.
The Senior Branch Manager, Munger, Bank of India Awadh Complex, Rajendra Chowk Khagaria, Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Braj Bhusan Poddar- Advocate For the State :
Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay- A.P.P.
For Bank of India :
Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha- Advocate Mr. Pravin Kumar- Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-11-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Bank of India.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and in sum and substance, the allegation is that fraudulently from the account of DDC, Khagaria an amount of Rs.51,67,220/- was withdrawn through 11 cheques and credited in the account no.462410110003610 of Shantanu Kumar and Shantanu Kumar
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45065 of 2025(6) dt.07-11-2025 2/3 withdrew an amount of Rs.50,90,000/- in cash through 13 transactions. Further, an amount of Rs.24 Lakhs was withdrawn from the account of Shantanu Kumar in between 28.01.2022 to 11.02.2022
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during the course of investigation being Clerk, Bank of India Khagaria Branch. It is submitted that during the course of investigation, it has not come that money was transferred in the account of Shantanu Kumar based on connivance of the petitioner. It is next submitted that since petitioner was posted as a Clerk in the Bank, as such, he also came to be implicated. It is further submitted that Abhishek Kumar had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.67907 of 2024 and the same was allowed by an order dated 18.12.2024, similarly Unnati @ Unnanti had also moved this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.69600 of 2024 and the same was allowed by an order dated 18.12.2024. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation and trial to prove his innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. as well as the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Bank of India opposes the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45065 of 2025(6) dt.07-11-2025 3/3 anticipatory bail application.
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 Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Khagaria in connection with Khagaria P. S. Case No.632 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T