Shobha Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49395 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2024 Thana- Panchanpur District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Shobha Devi W/o Rajesh Paswan R/o Village- Manarsa, Fatehpur, P.O.- Fatehpur Nepa, P.S.- Panchanpur, District- Gaya 2.

Chhatrabali Paswan S/o Chimi Paswan R/o Vill- Manarsa, Fatehpur, P.O.- Fatehpur Nepa, P.S.- Panchanpur, Distt- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Md. Shamimul Hoda, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 11-08-2025

1. Heard Mr. Surya Narayan Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409, 418 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 1 is a woman and allegation is of committing irregularity in the work related to Mukhya Mantri Gramin Nali Gali Pakkikaran Nishchay Yojana.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that petitioner no. 1 is the President of the Ward Implementation Committee and petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49395 of 2025(2) dt.11-08-2025 2/2 no. 2 is the Ward Secretary and measurement book was prepared with regard to the work done by the contractor. It is next submitted that prior to instituting the instant FIR no explanation was sought from the petitioners. It is also submitted that had any explanation been sought from the petitioners in that event the present FIR would not have been instituted. It is submitted that petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, let the petitioners above-named, in the event of their 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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Panchanpur P.S. Case No. 84 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T