Anju Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64042 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-135 Year-2016 Thana- LADANIA District- Madhubani ====================================================== ANJU KUMARI W/O SANJAY KUMAR R/o Chitragupt Nagar, Politecnic, P.S.- Maranga, District- Purnea.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

The Branch Manager, Punjab National Bank, Ladaniya Branch, DistrictMadhubani, Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anita Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 10-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Ladaniya P.S. Case No.135 of 2016, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against co-accused, Sanjay Kumar, who is husband of the petitioner, is that he fraudulently transferred money from bank to several other persons including the petitioner through dummy account bill in Indira Awash Yojana and other accounts.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64042 of 2022(3) dt.10-04-2023 2/2 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition. It is further submitted that co-accused, Buddha Lal Meena has already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.05.2019, passed in Cr. Misc. No.29846 of 2019.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Taking into consideration the facts aforesaid, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is hereby rejected.

However, if petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today and prays for regular bail, the learned court below shall consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day without being prejudiced by this order considering the fact that petitioner is a woman.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T