Nitesh Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68109 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2025 Thana- BAHERI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

Nitesh Kumar Singh Son of Rajesh Kumar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 2.

Shankar Das Wife of Sri Das Tanti Resident of village - Korigama, PSBaheri, Dist- Darbhanga 3.

Jagtaran Devi Wife of Jageshwar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PSBaheri, Dist- Darbhanga 4.

Urmila Devi Wife of Sushil Kumar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 5.

Ram Punit Singh son of Bhuvneshwar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 6.

Nisha Kumari Daughter of Barjesh Kumar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 7.

Brajesh Kumar Singh son of Shiyasharan Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 8.

Amarjit Yadav @ Amarjita Yadav son of Ganesh Yadav Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 9.

Bharat Kumar Singh son of Navin Kumar Singh Resident of village - Korigama, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 10.

Rita Devi son of Bablesh Lal Dev Resident of village - Chakka, PS - Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 11.

Sangita Kumari Wife of Kamal Das Resident of village - Chakka, PSBaheri, Dist- Darbhanga 12.

Rajesh Kumar Chandravansi son of Kari Ram Resident of village - Sirua, PS- Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga 13.

Santosh Kumar Singh Son of Gun Sagar Singh Resident of village - Jarja, PS- Baheri, Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Madhuri Lata, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-10-2025

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68109 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 2/3

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners at the outset seeks permission to withdraw the anticipatory bail application with respect to petitioner no. 12, namely, Rajesh Kumar Chandravani who was arrested during pendency of the anticipatory bail application.

3. Permission is accorded.

4. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application with respect to petitioner no. 12 is dismissed as withdrawn.

5. The petitioners no. 1 to 11 and 13 apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(5), 318(4), 338 and 3(5) of the BNS.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners no. 1 and 9 have antecedent of two cases and rest of the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and petitioners no. 3, 4, 6, 10 and 11 are women and the informant alleges that accused persons including the petitioners have withdrawn money from the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna by scanning the account number of genuine beneficiaries and also tampered with the records.

7. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that the petitioners have

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68109 of 2025(2) dt.08-10-2025 3/3 not withdrawn any money rather the same was credited in their account on account of mistake committed by the Awas Sahayak and when they were informed by the Awas Sahayak about the mistake, the money was credited in the account of the State Nodal Bank as would manifest from Annexure-2 series to the anticipatory bail application.

8. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners no. 1 to 11 and 13.

9. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, let the petitioners no. 1 to 11 and 13 above-named, in the event of their 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) each 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 Baheri P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T