Satish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70657 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2021 Thana- TARIYANI CHAPRA PS District- Sheohar ====================================================== Satish Kumar S/O Late Hari Shankar Prasad R/O Vil.- Dostiya, Thana - Bhuthi, District - Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ram Prawesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-10-2025 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 420, 406 and 409/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a junior engineer and the informant alleges that the FIR was instituted on the direction of the B.D.O. against the named accused persons as they defalcated the government money and misappropriated the same for their personal use while carrying out Nal-Jal Yojna scheme.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner next submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR, as such no aspersion or

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70657 of 2025(2) dt.31-10-2025 2/2 allegation was cast against the petitioner. It is further submitted that during the course of investigation, the name of the petitioner transpired only for the reason that petitioner is a junior engineer. It is also submitted that even the work has been completed, as would manifest from Annexure-2 to the anticipatory bail application.

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, 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 Tariyani Chapra P.S. Case No. 03 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T