Anuj Kumar Salarpuriya v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63973 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2017 Thana- SHAMBHUGANJ District- Banka ====================================================== Anuj Kumar Salarpuriya S/o Shri Rajkumar Salarpuriya R/o - Gurudwara Road, P.S - Kotwali, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025

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

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case, but then the said case is also for the same offence for which the instant FIR has been instituted. It is next submitted that the informant alleges that one Bablu Das was entrusted with the work of fixing water supply pipeline at Garm Panchayat, Parmanandpur, in lieu whereof a cheque of Rs. 1 Lakh was given to him, but Bablu Das in connivance with the Branch Manager manipulated the amount to Rs. 21 Lakhs and withdrew the amount.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63973 of 2025(2) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 petitioner is not named in the FIR and the thrust of the allegation is against Bablu Das, it is further submitted that since petitioner was also seen in the CCTV footage at the bank, as such, he came to be implicated, but then a separate FIR has already been instituted being Bhagalpur Kotwali P.S. Case No. 731 of 2017, in which petitioner has been granted the privilege of bail and the further proceedings have also been stayed. It is next submitted that for the same occurrence, two FIRs have been instituted.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his 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) 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 Shambhuganj P.S. Case No. 160 of 2017 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T