Navnit Giri v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53147 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-245 Year-2020 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== NAVNIT GIRI Son of Brahamanand Giri Resident of Village-Fajihatwa, P.O.- Bakulahar, P.S.-Gopalpur, District-Bettiah (West Champaran) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mahesh Narayan Parbat, Sr. Advocate Mr. Ved Prakash Srivastava, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 04-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in Ghorasahan P.S. Case No. 245 of 2020 registered under Sections 420, 406 and 379 of the IPC.

3. As per allegation, the petitioner was working as Consumer Service Representative in Arohan Financial Services Limited, Ghorasahan Branch. His work was to collect deposits from consumers which were being deposited in their respective accounts. It is alleged that the petitioner collected Rs. 78,400/- from three centres but neither returned it to Branch Office nor deposited the amount and in this way, he committed fraud to defame the company.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53147 of 2023(3) dt.04-12-2025 2/2 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. His further submission is that witnesses, in paragraph 5, 6 and 7 of the case diary, have stated that one Arjun Sah had sent this petitioner to collect the money. The petitioner had collected the money. It has further been submitted that the petitioner has deposited that money to Arjun Sah, who sent him for collection of money.

5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M.-II, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Ghorasahan P.S. Case No. 245 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./ 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) priyanka/- U T