Vijay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51780 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2026 Thana- BELDOUR District- Khagaria ====================================================== Vijay Kumar Son of Late Sahdeo mandal Resident of village - Peernagra, PsBeldaur, Dist- Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Rajive Ranjan Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ajay Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Beldaur P.S. Case No. 101 of 2026 for the offence punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 120B/34 of the IPC lodged on 04.04.2026 by the informant, Md. Salauddin.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant was deputed as Inspector, Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Khagaria for verification of educational certificate of the teachers appointed after 2006 in pursuance of order of Hon'ble Patna High Court passed in CWJC No. 15459 of 2014. During verification the certificate of intermediate submitted by the petitioner was not issued from Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar, Jharkhand and the petitioner with connivance of others obtained employment by submitting forged certificate. Accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51780 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/3 the basis of intermediate degree obtained from Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar, Jharkhand, discharged the duties on the post of teacher for the last 20 years and in view of order passed by this Court in CWJC No. 15459 of 2014, the certificate so produced by the petitioner to fetch appointment was declared as forged/fake without giving hearing to this petitioner and in violation of principles of natural justice, the said document was found to be fabricated and the instant case has been registered besides termination has also been directed.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the fact that without giving proper opportunity of hearing to this petitioner, the document, based on which the petitioner is said to have worked for twenty years, has been found to be forged and terminated from service, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail to defend his case in order to save his constitutional rights.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51780 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 3/3 Class, Khagaria in connection with aforesaid PS Case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS as well as the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailors should be the family member/relative of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds; (iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his/their bail bonds.
(Ajit Kumar, J) perwez U T