Harishankar Prasad @ Harishankar Prasad Shrivastava v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58146 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2015 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== Harishankar Prasad @ Harishankar Prasad Shrivastava Son of Late Raghunandanlal Village- Tiwari Matihaniya, PS- Vishambhar,Sapahiya Khas, Dist- Gopalganj, Working in Registry Kachahari Gopalganj, Dist- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Ms. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 11-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Gopalganj (Town) P.S. Case No.156 of 2015 instituted under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and 474 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the accused persons including petitioner have allegedly prepared a forged document of sale deed and on the basis of forged sale deed, they are adamant to take possession over the land in question.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics. The case has been lodged after a

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58146 of 2024(2) dt.11-09-2024 2/2 delay of one year without any explanation. The petitioner is neither the vendee nor the vendor of forged sale deed rather he is only a scribe. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation.

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

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalganj (Town) P.S. Case No.156 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T