Firoz Ahmad @ Firoz Ahamad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68593 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-154 Year-2023 Thana- NARHATT District- Nawada ====================================================== FIROZ AHMAD @ FIROZ AHAMAD SON OF SULTAN AHMAD RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - CHHOTA SHEIKHPURA, P.S. - NARHAT, DISTRICT - NAWADA ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.N. A. Shamsi, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Arun Kumar Pandey, APP.
Mr. Vivekanand Rathore, Adv.
Mr. Nawnit Kumar Tiwary, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 29-02-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 409, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that informant Dr. Ranjan Kumar Tiwary, who is incharge Headmaster of Inter Vidyalaya, Narhat (Nawada) has sent an application against three Principals of the school including the petitioner stating that as per order of District Education Officer, Nawada vide letter no. 429 dated 10.03.2023, petitioner has not handed over complete charge to the informant.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68593 of 2023(3) dt.29-02-2024 2/3 that petitioner is quite innocent and he has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged ever took place. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. Petitioner had been posted as Principal of the school w.e.f. 23.07.2015 to 21.09.2022. He further submits that petitioner has handed over all types of charges including financial or non-financial properly to the informant which is also evident from Annexure 3. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
5. Learned APP for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as from bare perusal of the record, it is evident that petitioner has handed over all types of charges including financial or non-financial to the informant, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68593 of 2023(3) dt.29-02-2024 3/3 where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Narhat P.S. Case No. 154 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T