Shashi Pankaj Pathak @ Shashi Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58242 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-16 Year-2025 Thana- Bijdhari District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Shashi Pankaj Pathak @ Shashi Pankaj Kumar S/o Yugal Kishore Pathak @ Jugal Kishor Pathak R/o Village - West Sundrapur, P.S - Bijdhari, District - East champaran 2.

Smt. Kawalpati Devi @ Kawalpati Devi W/o Hiralal Sahani R/o Village - West Sundrapur, P.S - Bijdhari, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Hemant Ray, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Parmeshwar Mehta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 04-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(5), 318(4) of the BNS, 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of two cases and petitioner no. 2 is a person with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 2 is a woman and the informant alleges that petitioners misappropriated an amount of Rs. 1,77,049/- under Mukhyamantri Gramin Payjal Nischay Yojna.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 is Ward Member and petitioner no. 2 is Mukhiya

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58242 of 2025(2) dt.04-09-2025 2/2 of the Panchayat. It is next submitted that a plea has been taken in the anticipatory bail application that on account of accident of technical assistant, the entire work could not be completed within the time frame and an amount of Rs. 1,77,049/- has been deposited with the bank, as would manifest from Annexure-2 to the anticipatory bail application.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bijdhari P.S. Case No. 16 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T