Yogendra Prasad @ Yogendra Prasad Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51340 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2024 Thana- Shivnarayanpur District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Yogendra Prasad @ Yogendra Prasad Singh, S/o Late Nand Kishore Singh, R/o Vill - Babhangama, Ward no. 4, P.S.- Shivnarayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Shabina Talat, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Shivnarayanpur PS Case No. 67 of 2024 lodged on 04.07.2024, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC.

3. As per the prosecution, the allegations against the petitioner is that he has prepared a forged and fabricated document on the basis of which, he attempted to transfer the land of informant in his name and when the informant received the said information, the present case has been lodged.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51340 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner and the informant both are full brothers and the said mutation case on the basis of which alleged mutation was said to be attempted, has already been rejected by the concerned Circle Officer. Learned counsel further submits that from the alleged forged and fabricated document, no benefit has been taken by the petitioner and as such, no offence whatsoever is made out against him. Learned counsel next submits that the petitioner is having clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the fact that the informant has remedy to proceed against the petitioner before the same Court where the alleged document has been filed under Section 340 of the CrPC but he has not opted the same and filed the present case, let the abovenamed petitioner be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) each, as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51340 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 3/3 the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-VIII, Bhagalpur in connection with the aforementioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T