Priti Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84072 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-325 Year-2023 Thana- MADHUBANI TOWN DistrictMadhubani ====================================================== PRITI KUMARI D/O RABBILAL MANDAL R/O VILLAGE - SONAPUR, SHYAMNAGAR, BHANGHI, P.S.- NARPATGANJ, DISTRICT- ARARIA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Mahesh Prasad Deo Late Devendra Prasad Dev Resident - Village and post - Tira Jatmalpur, Police Station- Kalyanpur, Distt- Samastipur, At PresentPostal Superitendent- Madhubani pramandal, Madhubani. At present- Postal Superitendent, Madhubani Division, Madhubani. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kumari Pallavi For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 05-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that she had used forged documents in filing the online application for selection to the post of Postal Assistant.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. She has been falsely implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84072 of 2023(2) dt.05-01-2024 2/2 case. It is further submitted in para 8 of the petition that admittedly the document which was found fake was the original document but the affiliation of the school from where the same was obtained was not up the mark. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Petitioner is a lady and she is languishing in judicial custody since 22.09.2023.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Madhubani Nagar P.S. Case No.325 of 2023.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) lata/- U T