Sweta Kumari v. The State Of Bihar Through Vigilance, Bureau Investigation, Bihar, Patna

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67398 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-58 Year-2023 Thana- TIKAPATTI District- Purnia ====================================================== Sweta Kumari W/o- Prabhat Kumar Village- Icharua Ps- Alauli DistKhagaria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar through Vigilance, Bureau Investigation, Bihar, Patna Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bhola Prasad- Advocate For the Vigilance :

Mr. Arvind Kumar- Law Officer Vigilance Mr. Paritosh Parimal- Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-10-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Special P. P. for the Vigilance.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of her arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the informant alleges that petitioner was appointed as a Teacher based on forged certificate of B.E.T.E.T.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that prior to instituting the instant FIR, no opportunity was given to the petitioner to explain her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67398 of 2025(2) dt.07-10-2025 2/2 side of the case. It is next submitted that had an opportunity been given to the petitioner to explain her side of the case, perhaps the instant FIR would not have been instituted. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove her innocence.

5. Learned Special P. P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a woman and is a person with clean antecedent, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on her furnishing bailbonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Purnea in connection with Tikapatti P. S. Case No.58 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T