Jitu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.18119 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -13 Year- 2017 Thana -ARWAL District- JEHANABAD ====================================================== Jitu Singh Son of Late Bhawani Singh, Resident of Village-Usari Nima, P.S.-Mehandiya, District-Arwal. .... .... Petitioner.

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 14-06-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 13 of 2017 registered for the offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

As per prosecution case, the petitioner happens to be Panchayat Secretary of Amra Gram Panchayat. He is said to have appointed certain persons as teachers on forged certificate (BETET) submitted by the aspirants without verifying the same in collusion with others.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is quite innocent and he has committed no offence and he has falsely been implicated in the case. He has no role in the conspiracy. Only allegation against the petitioner is that he

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18119 of 2017 (02) dt.14-06-2017 - 2 - had appointed the aspirants as teachers without verifying the certificate produced by them which was found to be forged. There is no cogent evidence against the petitioner to indicate his complicity in the commission of crime. A similarly situated coaccused has been enlarged on bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No.19208/2017 vide order dated 13.06.2017.

Considering the facts aforesaid and the nature of allegations made against the petitioner, the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arwal in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 13 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J.) Trivedi/- U T