Ganga Shankar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71474 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-531 Year-2025 Thana- NAWADA District- Nawada ====================================================== Ganga Shankar S/o Late Deonandan Ram R/o Village- Debaur, P.S.- Nawada Town, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate For the State :
Ms. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 316(5), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Mahendra Ravidas, alleged that on 08.04.2025, one Rajesh Kumar filed application for obtaining certified copy of registered document of the year 1978 appertaining to Document No. 11352, Jild No. 98, Page No. 598 to 601. During perusal, it was found that there was distortion of facts in the aforesaid documents and some pages were also missing.
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4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. From bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that no specific role has been attributed to this petitioner. Petitioner has neither applied for the certified copies nor he is an employee of the Office and as such, has got no concern with the alleged offence. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No. 531 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of
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(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T