Shambhu Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56341 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2024 Thana- RUDRAPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Shambhu Sah S/O Ram Awatar Sah Resident of village- Karnpur, P.S.- Rudrapur, Dist.- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shashank Chandra, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-08-2025 Heard Mr. Shashank Chandra, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Rudrapur P.S. Case No. 101 of 2024 dated 06.09.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that as per allegation the petitioner and co-accused persons made a false claim on the land of the informant on the basis of forged documents relating to settlement case no. 12447 of 2002 and in support of this allegation the informant claimed that he got an information under the RTI Act vide application no. 111 dated 08.03.2021 to this effect that the said settlement case had not been registered and only on that basis the FIR has been registered under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, in fact

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56341 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 the said settlement case remained pending in between the petitioner's father and the informant's father and finally the same was decreed, in favour of the petitioner regarding which relevant documents have been filed with this petition (Annexure-P-3 series) and these documents are sufficient to falsify the allegation levelled in the FIR. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been languishing in jail since 11.06.2025 having fair and clean antecedent.

4. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

5. Considering the aforesaid submissions made by the petitioner's counsel and mainly the petitioner's fair and clean antecedent and his custody period, this court is inclined to release him on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court in connection with Rudrapur P.S. Case No. 101 of 2024.

(Shailendra Singh, J) siddharthkr/- U T