Jugnu Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45039 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-95 Year-2022 Thana- RAMNAGAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== JUGNU KHATOON WIFE OF SAIYAD LALBABU R/O VILLAGEPIPARA BHAWAL, P.S.- RAM NAGAR, DISTRICT- WEST CHAMPARAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Milind Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 409, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

The informant alleges that petitioner fraudulently withdrew an amount of Rs. 1,30,000/- under PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awash Yojna) and Rs. 7,178/- under MNREGA which was meant for Tabassum Khatoon.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that petitioner is an illiterate lady and as such was not aware that how the money came in her account, it is further submitted that petitioner is elder sister-in-law of Tabassum Khatoon and the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45039 of 2022(2) dt.20-12-2022 2/2 money now has been reverted back to the account of Tabassum Khatoon as has been pleaded in supplementary affidavit. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of her 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. 5,000/- (Rupees Five 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 Ram Nagar P.S. Case No. 95 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. In the event, if an application is filed by Tabassum Khatoon before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that the amount has not been transferred in her account then the learned Trial Court will be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) GauravSinha/- U T