Gurmeet Rao @ Gurmeet Rawat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67809 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2022 Thana- JHAJHA District- Jamui ====================================================== Gurmeet Rao @ Gurmeet Rawat S/O Shri Shashikant Rao R/O Vill.- Pipradih Jhajha, P.S.- Jhajha, Dist.- Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-12-2025
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 and 409 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner got a tender for the year 2021-2022 for an amount of Rs.30,25,400/- by the Nagar Parishad, Jhajha. Further, the petitioner vide letter no. 1236 dated 23.12.2021 was directed to deposit the arrear amount of Rs.6,15,296/- but the same was not deposited.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that from perusal of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67809 of 2025(3) dt.02-12-2025 2/2 allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the criminal case has been instituted only with a view to coerce the petitioner into submission so that he parts with the fanciful demand of the Nagar Parishad, Jhajha. It is next submitted that if what has been alleged in the FIR is true in that event the Nagar Parishad ought to have initiated a case in accordance with law before an appropriate forum instead of instituting an FIR.
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, let 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 Jhajha P.S. Case No. 156 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T