Dr. Kumari Padma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.61308 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-229 Year-2018 Thana- BIHARSHARIF District- Nalanda ====================================================== Dr. Kumari Padma Wife of Late Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Resident of VillageJalalpur, Police Station-Warisaliganj, District-Nawada. At Present Secretary, Progressive Educational and Rural Development Society Campus Nalanda Teacher Training College, Deep Nagar, Biharsharif, Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Girish Chandra Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Ashlam Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in a case registered under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, in short, is that on producing fake documents, the accused persons made forged signatures of the previous members of the society.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Due to mistake of fact, the present prosecution has

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.61308 of 2018(3) dt.21-12-2018 2/2 been instituted. When the document was sent to the Registrar, of the Society for its approval, on the said date, all the members were alive. During the pendency of the said application before the Registrar of the Society, two of those members died. The signatures doubted to be forged by the Registrar is incorrect. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R./complaint case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Biharsharif, Nalanda in connection with Bihar P.S. Case No. 229 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T