Girija Kumari v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.11729 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -102 Year- 2017 Thana -MEHANDIA District- JEHANABAD ====================================================== Girija Kumari, D/o Shri Bindeshwar Yadav, Block Teacher Middle School, Koni, resident of village-Rampur Koni, P.S.-Mehendia, Dist.-Arwal. .... .... Petitioner
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. The Police Sub-Inspector-cum-Enquiry Officer, Arwal, Vigilance Research Bureau, Bihar, Patna.
.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kulanand Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramakant Sharma, L.O., I/c Vigilance ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Senior counsel for the Vigilance.
The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Mehandia P.S. Case No.102 of 2017 registered under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that several hundred cases of identical nature have been instituted against large number of teachers and in many of the cases different Benches of this Court have granted pre-arrest
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11729 of 2018 (2) dt.27-02-2018 bail to the accused persons. He submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent and having got roots in the society, she is not likely to abscond or tamper with the evidence. Learned Senior counsel for the Vigilance opposed the application for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. However, he admitted that in other cases of identical nature, the accused persons have been granted pre-arrest bail by different Benches of this Court.
Having regard to the nature of the offence and submissions made above, in the event of arrest or surrender in the court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arwal in connection with Mehandia P.S. Case No. 102 of 2017 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P.C.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- U T