Kripa Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45385 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-88 Year-2026 Thana- BETTIAH CITY District- West Champaran ====================================================== Kripa Kumari W/O Sri Dharmendra Kumar Tiwari Resident of Vasant Vihar, Sariswa Road, Ward No. 28, P.S.- Bettiah Nagar, District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Shiv Kumar Sah, Deputy Superintendent of Police-cum-Enquiry Officer Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Regional Officer, Muzaffarpur. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajay Mishra, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 14-07-2026

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Ajay Mishra and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the vigilance, Mr. Arvind Kumar .

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) and 61(2)(a) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner was appointed as teacher based on forged mark-sheet.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45385 of 2026(2) dt.14-07-2026 2/3 petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that prior to instituting the instant FIR no show cause was issued to the petitioner seeking her explanation, it is further submitted that had an opportunity been given to the petitioner to explain her case perhaps the instant FIR would not have been instituted. It is also submitted that the authority competent had already issued notice for termination of service of the petitioner. It is next submitted and if the privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove her innocence.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the vigilance opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender 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 Bettiah

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45385 of 2026(2) dt.14-07-2026 3/3 Town P.S. Case No. 88 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikram/- U T