Prity Kumari @ Preeti Kumari v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59655 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025 Thana- SHEKHPURA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Prity Kumari @ Preeti Kumari Son of Krishna Prasad Village - Anti, P.S.- Kadirganj, District - Nawada, presently residing at - C/O - Shambhu Kumar, Village - Bhaluiyatad, P.S. - Mufassil, Dist. - Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Durgesh Nandan, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 338, 336(3), 340(2), 112(2), 319(2), 318(4), 61(2) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner appeared in the Bihar Police Constable Examination, and when she was leaving the exam centre at about 02:10 P.M., the constable stopped her at the gate and told her to come to the police station, as her photograph on the admit card was not matching.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59655 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/3 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of suspicion. It is further submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. It is further submitted that the petitioner being bonafide candidate had written and solved the questions of the said examination and none of the invigilators had raised any objections nor anyone had questioned about that photograph given on the admit card. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a married lady and a mother of two children. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 21.07.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner as well as the clean antecedent of the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to 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 learned Court concerned, Sheikhpura, in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 211 of 2025, with a condition/s:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59655 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 3/3 on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T